Indicators of Learning Activities

15 to react or respond in a way that is relatively fixed to the object of people, goods, and so on, either positively or negatively; 3 talent; is a basically inborn skill or potential which is useful to achieve up to a certain level of accomplishment according to their respective capacities; 4 interest; is a high propensity or passion or big desire of things; and 5 motivation, is a psychological condition that drives a person to do something. Thus, the learning motivation is a psychological condition that drives a person to learn. 2 External factors; are condition of the environment surrounding the students. These kinds of factor include: a the social environment, which includes: teachers, administrative staff, and classmates, and b non- social environment, which includes: school building and its location, the house where they live and its location, learning tools and media, weather conditions and the students’ use of learning time. 3 Learning approach factors, a manner or strategy used to support the students in the learning process in an attempt to achieve the effectiveness and efficiency of a particular material.

2. Cooperative Learning Model a. Definition of Cooperative Learning Model

The learning model is the foundation of the practice of psychology theories of learning outcomes declined in educational and learning 16 theories which are designed based on an analysis of the implementation of the curriculum and its implications on the operational level in the classroom. Cooperative learning is derived from cooperate which means working together. Cooperative learningis a learning process where students learn together in small groups designed to obtain a common goal. Students are required to work together to achieve mutual success and are responsible for the individual success within the group. Slavin 2009: 120 defines cooperative learning as follows: ” Cooperative Learning Methods share the idea that student work together to learn and are responsible for the team mates learning as well as their own ”. This definition states that learning method through the use of a cooperative approach is a process of learning in which students learn together and they are responsible for the achievement of learning outcomes individually or in groups. Different from conventional learning, cooperative learning puts the emphasis on learning together. From some definitions above, it can be concluded that cooperative learning is learning method that provides opportunities for students to learn together in small groups in which each member has a responsibility to self and group success.