Upaya Peningkatkan Motivasi Dan Prestasi Belajar Akuntansi Melalui Pembelajaran Tipe Numbered Head Together

The objectives of this research are to improve the learning motivation and the learning achievement in Accounting of the students in Grade XI of Social Science Program of Senior Secondary School of Surakarta in Academic Year 2012/2013. The research used the classroom action research. The subject of the research were the students in Grade XI of Social Science Program 2 of a Senior Secondary School of Surakarta as many as 32 students. The results of the research show that the application of the learning model of NHT can improve the learning motivation and the learning achievement in Accounting of the students in Grade XI of Social Science Program 2 of a Senior Secondary School of Surakarta. This is indicated by several indicators as follows: 1) There is an increase of 12.50% in the learning motivation of the students. The percentage of their learning motivation is 68.43% in Cycle I, and it becomes 80.93% in Cycle II. 2) There is an increase in the activeness of the students to raise questions. The percentage of their activeness to raise questions is 43.75% in Cycle I, and it becomes 71.87% in Cycle II. 3) There is an increase in the activeness of the students in discussion. The percentage of their activeness in discussion is 43.75% in Cycle I, and it becomes 75% in Cycle II. 4) There is an increase in the classical learning completeness of the students as indicated by their learning achievement. The number of the students to complete their classical learning is (62.50%) in Cycle I, and it becomes (82.25%) in Cycle II