The Effectivity of Snowball Throwing Learning Model Viewed from the Activeness and the Achievement of Students at Vocational High School

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to know the effectivity of snowball throwing learning model at Maintenance of Light Vehicle Engines Subject viewed from the activeness and the achievement of Students at Vacational High School. This research is a Classroom Action Research (CAR) and conducted in 3 cycles consisted of 4 stages; they are planning, action implementation, observation, and reflection. The subjects of this research were 30 students grade XI TKR A Vacational High School Pembaharuan Purworejo. The results of the research showed that: (1) Snowball throwing learning model is proven able to improve students' activeness. That can be seen from the improvement in every cycle; cycle I is 53,3%, cycle II 58%, and cycle III 68,8%. (2) The learning implementation by using snowball throwing learning model can improve the achievement of Grade XI TKR A students at Maintenance of Light Vehicle Engines Subject. It can be seen from cycle I, the number of students whose learning is complete 33,3%, while at cycle II is 62,5%, and at cycle III is 83,3%.