This classroom action research aims to improve, understand, and describe studentsâ interest in studying political sciences in the Pancasila and Civic Education program in Faculty of Teachers Training and Education, Riau University by using a Talking Stick learning model.Studentsâ interest in studying political sciences is still low, observed from the low number of actively participated-students (10%) in the classroom and such attitudes as not enthusiastic and having greatanxiety towards the lecturers. There were 36 third-semester students chosen as the research subject. The research evaluated by an observer was conducted in two cycles.Data like lecturersâ and studentsâ activities, and studentsâ interest in studying were gathered through observation sheets, and analyzed on the basis of descriptive method. The research result shows that the lecturersâ activity in the first cycle was âvery goodâ and that it is improved to be to âexcellentâin the second cycle. The studentsâ activity in both cycles isgreat. Meanwhile, their study interest is increasedas thesecond cyclewas completed.
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