The Influence of the Cooperative Learning Model Type STAD (Student Team Achievement Divisions) on the Learning Activeness in Christian Religious Education and Character Education of Eighth-Grade Students at UPT SMP Negeri 007 Sinambela

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of the cooperative learning model type STAD (Student Team Achievement Divisions) on the learning activeness in Christian Religious Education and Character Education among eighth-grade students at UPT SMP Negeri 007 Sinambela in the 2025/2026 academic year. The research method employed in this study is a quantitative approach with a pre-experimental design, specifically the one-group pretest-posttest design. The population consists of all eighth-grade Protestant Christian students at UPT SMP Negeri 007 Sinambela, Baktiraja District, totaling 156 students. A sample of 31 students was selected using purposive sampling. Data were collected through a questionnaire consisting of 20 items. The results of data analysis indicate that there is a positive and significant effect of the cooperative learning model type STAD (Student Team Achievement Divisions) on students’ learning activeness in Christian Religious Education and Character Education at UPT SMP Negeri 007 Sinambela for the 2025/2026 academic year. This finding is supported by the significance test results, which show that the calculated t-value (10.225) is greater than the t_table value (2.042) at the significance level α = 0.05 with degrees of freedom (df = n – 1 = 30). Thus, there is a significant relationship between variable X and variable Y. Consequently, the null hypothesis (H₀) is rejected and the alternative hypothesis (Hₐ) is accepted, confirming that the cooperative learning model type STAD (Student Team Achievement Divisions) has a positive and significant influence on students’ learning activeness in Christian Religious Education and Character Education at UPT SMP Negeri 007 Sinambela in the 2025/2026 academic year.