THE APPLICATION OF ACTIVE LEARNING TYPE LEARNING TOURNAMENT TO IMPROVE STUDENT’S ACHIEVEMENT ON BUFFER SOLUTION TOPIC IN CLASS XI SMAN 10 PEKANBARU

The Research is about application of the active learning strategy type learning tournament has been done to improve student’s achievement on the topic of buffer solution in class XI IPA SMAN 10 Pekanbaru. This research is experimental research based on pretest-posttest design. The samples of this research were the students of class Xl IPA 3 as the control class and students of class XI IPA 2 as the experimental class that randomly selected after testing homogeneity. Experimental class is a class that is applied active learning strategy type learning tournament, while the control class was not. Data analysis technique used is the t-test. Based on analysis of data obtained tarithmetic> ttable is 3,13 > 1,67, means that the application of active learning strategy type learning tournament can improve student achievement on the subject of buffer solution in class XI Science SMAN 10 Pekanbaru where the effect of an increase is 12,6%.