Showdown Strategy

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III. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
A. General Concept of Showdown Strategy and Number Head Together Strategy
1. Showdown Strategy
a. Definition of Cooperative Learning
According to Patricia (2005: 180) cooperative learning is a broad range of instructional methods in which students woth together to learn academic content.
Slavin (2009) provides a comprehensive presentation of several of the most widely used cooperative learning methods.
Fatman on Patricia (2005: 180) said that cooperative learning is some of the most typical applications used with second language learners in school settings.
Another definition from Gilles and Ashman (2005: 13) well recognized as a pedagogical practice that promotes learning, higher level thinking, prosocial …show more content…

Because the student feel excited when they are taugh by using new strategy. The students are bored with the conventional strategy and they need new way in learning at school. Jigsaw, Think-Pair-Share, or NHT are some well known strategies from Spencer Kagan. Those strategies are applied by the teacher. But not all strategy appropriate with the material. So the teacher should consider the characteristic of the strategy. According to Spencer Kagan (2009: 5.3), Showdown is strategy that describe the relationship of the teacher, the students, and the content. What makes them cooperative learning structures is they all have student to-student interaction as an integral part of the learning process and implement the basic principles of cooperative …show more content…

Every group content of 3-5 studetns. In their group will get number 1 – 5.
2) Step 2 : Giving question
Teacher will give a question for studetns. The question can variation and specific in the questions’ sentence.
3) Step 3 : Thingking together
Students combine their opinion and every group can answer that questions certainly.
4) Step 4 : Answer
Teacher will call a certain number, after that students who get that number must raise their hand and answer the questions.
c. The Advantages
According to Hamdani (2011: 90) the advantages of Numbered Head Together are :
1) Every students can be ready to answer the questions
2) Students can be discuss seriously
3) The Students‘ cleverer can give explain with the students’ stupid.
Another definition with Isjoni (2011: 113) the advatages of numbered head together are :
a. Students can divide their idea and to know the true answer
b. Studetns can work together with their group

d. The Disadvantages of Numbered Head Together are :
1) The probably, the number who call by the teacher, will be call again by teacher
2) Not all studetns will be not call by

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