Improving Student Civics Learning Identifying Homes of Indonesia Adults with Galery Walk Buildings in Eight Grade Students SMP Negeri 4 Garoga in North Tapanuli

Abstract

The use of appropriate learning models is necessary to minimize the obstacles to achieving the civics learning objectives, which include instilling pride in the Indonesian nation.Classroom Action Research (CAR) with two cycles is used in this study.Each cycle consists of stages: Planning, Implementation, Observation, and Reflection. The standard value of classical completeness is at least 75% of the total number of research subjects and the minimum grade average is 75. The subjects of this study is Student  Eight grade SMP Negeri 4 Garoga. Data collection techniques used are observation, and tests. The data collection instrument used was an assessment tool for student learning activities, and an observation guide for student participation in the Gallery Walk learning model. The application of the Gallery Walk learning model can improve learning outcomes for Civics subjects, especially the basic competence of Knowing Traditional Houses in Indonesia for eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 4 Garoga. This can be seen in the initial conditions, students who achieved complete learning were 53% (13 children), and students who had not completed as many as 47% (11 children). At the end of the first cycle, students who achieved complete learning were 71% (17 children), and 29% students who had not completed (7 children), while at the end of the second cycle as many as 94% (23 children) achieved complete learning and 6% ( 1 child) has not yet achieved complete learning. With the class average in the initial conditions 72.35, the class average value in the first cycle 77.94 and the class average in the second cycle 84.12. The results of non-test observations of the learning process showed that students were more active during the learning process. Overall, students' learning mastery increased by 41% and the average grade of the class increased by 11.77 when compared to the initial conditions.