Definition of Learning Activity

CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW

A. Theoritical Review 1. Accounting Learning Activity

a. Definition of Learning Activity

Activity is important thing in teaching and learning process. Student is expected to be active physically, intelectually and emotionally. It need to process some knowledge and values that teacher gives effectively. Learning activity is should be done as one of students effort to improve their achievement. According to Sardiman A.M 2014: 95-96 state that in learning, students have obligation to be active one. Mehl-Mills-Douglass oemar Hamalik. 2009: 72 argued about the principle of activity, as follows : One learns only bu some activities in the neural system: seeing, hearning, smelling, feeling, thinking, physical or motor activity. The learner must actively engage in the “learning”, whether it be of information a skill, an understanding, a habits, an ideal, an attitude, an interest, or the nature of task. The learning activities are the activity either physically or mentally. In the learning activity, these two activities should always be related. The relationship between these two activities will produce an optimal learning activity Sardiman, 2014: 100. 10 From the definitions above, it can be concluded that the activity is activity or efforts which conducted in each part of the learning process for obtaining in behaviour which is including the physical and mental activity. According to Oemar Hamalik 2009: 27, learning is defined as the modification or strengthening of behaviour through experiencing According to this definition, learning is process, an activity and not aresult or goal. Learning is not only remembering,but also experiencing. Learning outcomes is not only mastering the subject matter, but also achange of behaviour. Learning is a process of changing individuals behaviour through interaction with the environment. These aspects of these behaviours are: knowledge, understanding, habits, skills, appreciation, emotional, social, relationship, physical, moral and ethical or other attitudes. These opinion proposed by Gagne in the quotation in Suprijono Agus 2013: 2 state that learning is a change in the disposition or the ability of a person which is achieved through the activity. Uzer Usman 2013: 22 state that learning activities of students a r e both physical and mental activities. Those can be classified as below. 1 Visual activities reading, writting, experiment. 2 Oral activities story telling, discussion, sing a song. 3 Listening activities listening speech or material from teacher. 4 Writting activities write a paper or letter. Based on various definitions above, it can be concluded that learning activity is an physical or mental activity to acquire knowledge and changes in all aspects of behaviour through experience or learning process so it can be applied in the learning. 12

b. Definiton of Accounting Learning Activity