UPAYA MENINGKATKAN AKTIFITAS BELAJAR BIOLOGI SISWA MENGGUNAKAN METODE DISKUSI DAN TANYA JAWAB DISERTAI BAHAN AJAR DI MTsN KOTO XI TARUSAN KAB. PESISIR SELATAN

ABSTRACT There were many problem found on IPA learning. That problem caused the students’ activities to be low. Then the factors that made this situation were teacher center learning, the index of students’ team work and the number of book text of IPA subject found low. So, the discussion and asking method with learning material was used to solve that problem. This was an action research. The research has been done on MTsN Koto XI Tarusan. It was started on Mei to June. This research formulated on two cycles. The subject of research was VIII. C with 40 students. The aim of the research was to increase students’ learning activity on biology subject. The result of research found average of students’ activity was 42,26% on the first cycle and 78,21% on the second cycle. That means the students’ activity was increased. So, it can be concluded the students’ activity had been increased by applied the discussion and asking method with learning material on VII. C in MTsN Koto XI Tarusan