THE EFFECTS OF THE STAD METHOD ON STUDENTS ACHIEVEMENT, ATTITUDE AND MOTIVATION AT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL BABALAN LANGKAT OF NORTH SUMATERA

The aim of this study is to find out the difference between the effect of STAD and the direct instruction approach on students achievement, attitude and motivation in Social Studies.The problem in this study is the low of students achievement, attitude, and motivation in Social Studies. This study is implemented in SMP Negeri 2 Babalan Langkat academic year 2014/2015. This study is an experiment research and the sample is taken by using purposive sampling which consist of two classes, experiment class (48 participants) and control class (44 participants). Technique to collect the data are using test. Hypothesis is using Independent t-test. The results of this study indicates that STAD as experiment class more effective in promotes the motivation in Social Studies and cooperative learning than direct instruction (tratio(5,342) >tTable(1,66) and p