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1 Situation classes challenge students to perform learning
activities freely neatly controlled. 2
Teachers do not dominate the conversation but more gives a summary of thinking for students to solve problems.
3 Teachers provide learning resources for students.
4 The student’s varied learning activities.
5 Relationship between student and teachers should reflect the
nature of human relationships like parents and children. 6
The situation and conditions of class is not bound by the teachers role as a source of learning and students as passive
recipients of information. 7
The existence of the courage of students present its opinions. 8
Through questions or statements idea.
c. The Principles of Active Learning Model
There are several principles of learning that can support the growth of active student learning. The following describes the
general principles according to Abu Ahmadi, 2004: 214-216 :
1 Stimulation of learning
Messages received
students of
teachers through
information usually in the form of stimulus that should actually communicate the information to be conveyed in the form of
verbal, language, visual, auditory and others. 2
Attention and motivation Attention and student motivation would not long survive
during the learning process takes place. Therefore it is necessary to arrange for teachers to foster motivation and
attention.
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3 Response studied
Learning is an active process. If students are not involved in a variety of learning activities as student’s response to the
stimulus of teachers, students may not be able to achieve the desired learning outcomes.
4 Strengthening
Value, recognition of student achievement, and the approval of student opinion is a source of reinforcement
learning to satisfy the needs of students. Students tend to study the behavior of the student’s response to the stimulus when
teachers satisfy their needs. 5
Use and transfer Learning by expanding the group formation can improve
the ability of students to transfer what they have learned in other similar situations.
d. Types of Active Learning Model
