Daftar Isi:
  • The problem of this research was found from the result of interview with the teachers of Akidah Akhlak lesson that there were students who did not pay attention to the lesson, talking with other students, and did not intent to help their friends doing the group task while the learning process was running. That case happened because of lecturing method dominance used by the teacher. This caused the interest of students in learning Akidah Akhlak lesson was low. Thus, the researcher gave them a solution in learning Akidah Akhlak lesson by using flashcard game method. The purpose of this research was to know whether the use of flashcard game method could improve learning interest of grade X students in Akidah Akhlak lesson at MAN 1 Padangsidimpuan. The research involved a classroom action research, which used qualitative method. The samples of this research were 38 students taken from class of X MIA-1. The instruments of data collection were questionnaire and observation. Quantitative approach with statistical method was used to analyze the data through SPSS 22 program. According to this research, it was concluded that students’ learning interest of X MIA-1 in Akidah Akhlak lesson could be improved through flashcard game method. This improvement could be seen from the results of questionnaire and observation. The result of questionnaire usage in cycle I was 97.31 in average, cycle II was 104.86 in average, and cycle III was 113.65 in average. The result of observation usage in cycle I was 86.83%, cycle II was 91.44%, and cycle III was 95.39%. After all, all approaches done from cycle I until cycle III showed improvement of students’ learning interest in Akidah Akhlak subject.