The Characteristics of Active Learning

18 summary and make a list of questions so it can be seen whether the students have studied read the material or not. It can be inferred from the above description is Learning Start With A Question can add interest and understanding of students to a subject. Learning Start With A Question also explained that learning would be more effective if students are active and continue to be asked rather than just accept what is presented by the teacher. Techniques of Learning Start With A Question is an active learning method of asking question. Therefore students are expected to actively ask, the students were asked to study the material that was be learned by reading. Reading can also stimulate students to reap important staple ingredients. Learning Start with A Question has strengths in teaching the students hooked to think and ask, learning becomes more attractive and interactive, the level can be increase with the quality of learning, and improving student’s positive attitude towards learning materials. This technique has several weakness: the implementation of learning must be done with creative and vocal capable of covering the class, and the teacher should be able to be a good moderator and facilitator. Opportunities of the Learning Start with A Question of learning is to attract the attention of students , helping to accelerate understanding of the material, learning more productive and communicative, students can express a variety of opinions with the character of students who are different, and increase the activity engagement of students during 19 the learning process. While the challenges to be faced is the students demanded to be responsive to the learning process, students are required to be brave and not shy, and provide appropriate facilities with the subject matter. Sudrajat in Dewi Patmawati 2014: 3, explained the advantages of the method Learning Start With A Question are: 1 the student becomes ready to start learning, because students learn in advance so it has a bit of an idea and become more understanding after obtaining additional explanations from the teacher; 2 students be active in asking; 3 materials may be remembered longer; 4 The student intelligence sharpened by the time students learn to ask questions; 5 courage grown to express their opinions openly and broaden horizons through exchange of opinions in the group; 6 students learn to solve their own problems in groups and mutual cooperation between students who are good with the less intelligent students. In accordance with the perceptions and opinions of the experts on the previous discussion on techniques Learning Start with A Question, it can be concluded that in the technique students guided and facilitated by teachers to determine their needs, analyze the information received, selects the important parts, give meaning to the new information, and it’s able to modify the newly received knowledge with the experience and knowledge they have ever had.