Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menjelaskan perbedaan aktivitas belajar siswa dengan menggunakan model Cooperative Learning tipe Snowball Throwing dan menggunakan model pembelajaran Think Pair Share. Jenis penelitian ini adalah quasi experiment dengan desain the static group comparison design. Populasi penelitian ini seluruh siswa kelas IV SDN Gugus II Kecamatan Sungai Geringging. Pengambilan sampel dilakukan secara simple random sampling. Sampel  penelitian siswa didapatkan kelas IV SDN 03 Sungai Geringging dan siswa kelas IV SDN 23 Sungai Geringging. Data penelitian dikumpulkan dengan mengamati proses pembelajaran selama model diterapkan melalui lembar observasi. Teknik analisis data menggunakan uji chi kuadrad. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa tidak terdapat perbedaan aktivitas belajar siswa yang signifikan yang diajarkan menggunakan model Snowball Throwing dengan aktivitas belajar siswa yang diajarkan menggunakan model Think Pair Share, dengan nilai chihitung sebesar 1,094 dan chitabel 11,07 dengan taraf signifikan 5%. Nilai chihitung

Penelitian dilatarbelakangi dari kenyataan di Sekolah Dasar, bahwa kemampuan berbicara siswa masih rendah. Siswa tidak berani mengeluarkan pendapat, malu berbicara di depan kelas, grogi, dan tersendat-sendat saat berbicara. Jenis penelitian ini adalah Penelitian Tindakan Kelas (PTK) dengan dua siklus. Setiap siklus terdiri dari tahap perencanaan, tahap pelaksanaan, tahap pengamatan dan refleksi. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan di SD Negeri 36 Gunung Sarik Padang, subjek dalam penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas III sebanyak 30 siswa dan peneliti sebagai praktisi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan adanya peningkatan keterampilan berbicara siswa dengan metode bercerita. Hasil akhir dari kegiatan siswa berbicara dengan bercerita terjadi peningkatan dari nilai 67,64 dengan taraf cukup menjadi 80,14 berada pada taraf baik. Pada siklus I hanya terdapat 12 siswa yang tuntas (40%), sedangkan pada siklus II meningkat menjadi 26 siswa yang tuntas (87%). Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa kegiatan bercerita terbukti dapat meningkatkan keterampilan berbicara siswa.

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Paradigm shift in educational context support to instructional innovation, such as online learning, blended learning, and mobile learning. Researcher implemented the blended learning by using blog as portfolios for students. The purpose in this research was to identify the effects of using a blog in blended learning to improve collage student’s information processing skill in virtual environment. The facilitation given to college students in order to familiar with through search, collect, manages, and communicates information in digital age. Research subject is collage students in Development of Innovation Instructional Model course on period January-June 2017 at Educational Technology in Universitas Negeri Padang. This research used three instruments, consist of 1) the rubrics for identify information processing skill, 2) questionnaire for using blog folio, and 3) interview guided about advantages, challenges and obstacles to use a blog in blended learning. The result show that using blog folio can help collage students to improved information processing skills because they understood and tried the steps of that skill. Furthermore, they admitted by using blog folio can increased motivation, participation and give advantages.

The purpose of this paper is to describe the degree of practicality the formulation of application strategy of blended learning. the process of achievement of this practicality was begun with implementing the learning process using blended learning strategy formulation application in the School Curriculum Studies courses in the Department of Curriculum and Educational Technology FIP UNP to the small group (3 students), the medium group (7 students) and large group (40 students). Based on the assessment category, the small group was found that the indicator of student interest was obtained 97.14; the indicator of using process was 95.00; the indicator of the increased of student activities 93.33; and the indicator time was 96.67. Furthermore, the medium group was found that the indicator of student interest was obtained 96.33; the indicator of using process was 95.00; the indicator of the increased of students activity was 93.14; and the indicator time was 95.71. In the large group was found that the indicator of student interest was obtained 84.71; the indicator of using process was 82.25; the indicator of the increased of student activity was 84.90; and the indicator time was 83.50. It can be concluded that based on the four categories the small and medium groups was very practice meanwhile the large group was practice.