Teams Games Tournament Solution to Increase Students' Interest in Learning Islamic Religion

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to determine the effectiveness of the implementation of Teams Games Tournament learning model on students learning activities. Students’ activeness in learning can be seen from their sincerity in following the lesson. To solve the students’ activities problems, the researcher is interested in trying a learning model, that is Teams Games Tournament (TGT) model to improve students’ learning activities. This research was experimental research with a randomized control group posttest only design. The population was 8^th grade students at MTsN 12 Tanah Datar West Sumatera. The sample was selected using the purposive sampling technique. The experimental class was 8^th C grade and the control class was 8^th E grade. The instrument used was questionnaires. To analyze the data, the researcher used the t-test and data analysis by the SPSS program.Base on data analysis, the results of t_count is bigger than t_table. t_count of 2,391 and t_table of 1,718. It means the Teams Games Tournament (TGT) learning model was effective on students’ learning activities.