The purpose of that is expected from this research is to find out the average difference between the students' ability to write descriptions of learning that using direct learning model with conventional ones, to know the effect of the interaction effect of the use of direct instructional model and the interest in writing to the ability to write descriptions that siswa.Penelitian conducted an experimental study. Data analysis or testing the hypothesis using Analysis of Variance (Anova) two paths followed by t test Dunnet.Penelitian experiments have been carried out concluded that on average the ability to write descriptions of students who use the direct learning model is higher than the average writing skills descriptions of students using model konvensional.Selain it is known that there is an interaction effect using a model of learning and interest in writing to the ability to write a description. Learning that using direct learning model to the students who have a high interest in writing, the average ability to write descriptions are higher than using conventional learning. There were no significant differences in average ability to write a description of your using direct and conventional learning in students who have a low interest in writing. Thus the direct learning model has a positive influence on learning, especially writing a description. Abstrak Tujuan dari yang diharapkan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui perbedaan rata-rata kemampuan menulis deskripsi siswa antara pembelajaran yang menggunakan model pembelajaran langsung dengan yang konvensional, untuk mengetahui ada pengaruh interaksi pengaruh penggunaaan model pembelajaran langsung dan minat menulis terhadap kemampuan menulis deskripsi siswa.Penelitian yang dilakukan merupakan penelitian ekperimen. Analisis data atau pengujian hipotesis yang diajukan menggunakan Analisis Varians (Anava) dua jalur yang dilanjutkan dengan uji t Dunnet.Penelitian eksperimen yang telah dilaksanakan didapat kesimpulan bahwa rata-rata kemampuan menulis deskripsi siswa yang menggunakan model pembelajaran langsung lebih tinggi dari rata-rata kemampuan menulis deskripsi siswa yang menggunakan model pembelajaran konvensional.Selain itu diketahui bahwa ada pengaruh interaksi penggunaan model pembelajaran dan minat menulis terhadap kemampuan menulis deskripsi. Pembelajaran yang menggunakan model pembelajaran langsung pada siswa yang memiliki minat menulis tinggi, rata-rata kemampuan menulis deskripsi nya lebih tinggi dari yang menggunakan pembelajaran konvensional. Tidak terdapat perbedaan yang signifikan rata-rata kemampuan menulis deskipsi dengan menggunakan pembelajaran langsung dan konvensional pada siswa yang memiliki minat menulis rendah. Dengan demikian model pembelajaran langsung memiliki pengaruh yang positif pada pembelajaran khususnya menulis deskripsi. Kata Kunci : Minat menulis, Menulis deskripsi, Model pembelajaran langsung

Education in the family environment is an informal education that is first received by children. Therefore education in the family is the basic formation of children’s characters and attitudes. School is a supplement to the family, meaning that the position of the school is basically to support parental education (Rahayu 2012). In addition to the intensity of parental education in children's learning activities which will theoretically motivate and affect students learning achievement, then the socioeconomic status factors of parents are thought to also support student learning achievement and interest in learning. This study used a meta-analysis of data. The measurement instrument used is to use at least 4 educational journals about how parents’ socioeconomic factors impact student learning achievement, especially in junior high school. This study uses descriptive data analysis techniques. The parents' occupation, in this case, affects how parents can materially facilitate children to support their studies and the time they have to guide the children in learning at home.

This research focused on the use of the Think Pair Share technique in Students’ Writing Descriptive Text and the character development effectiveness of using the cooperative learning model in the classroom. This learning model is a kind of Development cooperative learning model to encourage students actively involved in the learning process. This research was conducted with qualitative design type library research. The instrument of this research was six articles that related to Think Pair Share for students writing skills in Descriptive text, books, and journals. The qualitative data were analyzed by data reduction, data display, and verification. The result of the research based on the implementation of each article showed that Think Pair Share was effective to helped students in writing descriptive text. It showed from the character development of effectiveness aspect that suitable to the article, such as quality of learning is marked by the success of the students to achieve the lesson goals. The appropriate level of instruction showed the ability of the teacher to ensure the readiness of each student to learn. Incentives showed the ability of the teacher to encourage students to be motivated to learn. Times setting, shown from the steps of the lesson process used.

Effective learning is applied because it emphasizes contextual learning through activities by the real world is Project-Based Learning (project-based learning). Project-Based Learning model in anecdotal text learning can improve high-level thinking skills in high school students 1 Bandar Lampung. In the 2013 curriculum, learning Indonesian began to direct learners to produce a product in the form of text at the end of learning. Teachers must have the competence to direct in producing products because teachers act as facilitators in the learning process. One way that teachers can take to achieve these challenges is to familiarize learners to always be faced with a high-level thinking-based learning model. The purpose of this study is to describe the application of learning models based on high thinking skills and steps in learning Indonesian anecdotal text material. This research uses descriptive methods with this type of qualitative research analysis. Explanation of the application of learning models to anecdotal text material using descriptive methods. The application of the Project-Based Learning model in Indonesian learning based on the conclusion of the results of the analysis can be achieved through activities; (1) problem solving, (2) involving students in designing products based on the real world, (3) planning long-term activities, (4) teachers monitoring students in solving problems related to projects, (5) students focus on solving problems related to projects, (6) students are required to produce an anecdotal text as a learning product by accustoming students to achieve cognitive level C6 i.e. creating and evaluating learning experiences.

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