The Influence of Cooperative Learning Method of Teams Game Tournament (TGT) on Indonesian Learning Outcomes

One of the factor that influences student learning outcome was a learning method that was used. This research aimed to study the effectiveness of cooperative learning to Indonesian learning outcomes. This study involved grade VIII-B and VIII-D students in Medan Junior High School where grade VIII-D was given Indonesian learning with cooperative learning of Teams Games Tournament (TGT) model and grade VIII-B was given Indonesian learning with conventional learning method. This study was a quasi experiment study with a post-test only non-equivalent group program. Collecting data techniques that used in this study was the test results with 10 questions of poetry subject compiled by researcher that refered to syllabus used by the teacher concerned. The result showed that there was no effect of cooperative learning to Indonesian learning outcomes (t=0.684 and p=0.496), so it could be concluded that the hypothesis offered was rejected, where there was no difference in learning outcomes between the control group and the experimental group.