Abstract:
Classroom action research was conducted because of the low result text reading
skills of students with an average of 59 due to lack of student interest in learning
and the low reading skills of students in the Indonesian language lessons. To
improve literacy class III.B in SDN 1 Pekanbaru Academic Year 2012/2013 then
applied learning models of problem solving. The research was conducted in
March 2013. Subjects were III.B graders totaling 31 people. Average student
learning outcomes in daily test cycle I is 74.38 with either category. And the
second cycle to 80.31 with very good category. Mastery learning students on the
daily test cycle I was 77% and increased the daily test cycle II to 94%. To the
average activity of teachers in the first cycle was 60% with enough categories.
And increased to 70% with enough categories. In the second cycle increased to
80% either category, the last meeting being a very good 95% category. For
student activity also increased 55% the first cycle and 75% less category either
category. Cycle II to 90% and 95% very good category. From this study it can be
concluded that the application of Learning Model to Improve Problem Solving
Ability III.B Grade Students Reading Text SDN 1 Pekanbaru
