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This research is based on the condition of students who are less enthusiastic and tend to be passive during learning. Students consider social studies  to be boring and difficult, resulting in low student activeness. This low activeness affects students’ cognitive abilities. An effort that can be made is to create a fun learning atmosphere by using appropriate and interesting learning strategies, one of which is the Think Talk Write learning strategy. This strategy makes students active and more enthusiastic, so they achieve satisfying cognitive ability scores. The problem formulation in this research is how much influence the Think Talk Write strategy has on cognitive abilities, student activeness, and both in social studies subjects. This research uses a quantitative approach with a Quasy Experimental Design and a nonequivalent control group design. The sample consists of 29 students in the control class and 26 students in the experimental class. The sampling technique used is purposive sampling, with data collected through cognitive ability tests and student activeness sheets. Data analysis was performed using the Independent Sample T-Test and MANOVA. The results show that the Think Talk Write strategy influences students’ cognitive abilities and activeness, with a significance value of 0.000 < 0.05.

Educators are highly respected figures in schools because they have a big role in the success of learning. The focus of research in this thesis is (1) What are the factors that influence passive students in social studies learning in class VIII at SMP Negeri 2 Kademangan, Blitar Regency? (2) What are the teacher's efforts to overcome passive students in class VIII social studies learning at SMP Negeri 2 Kademangan, Blitar Regency? The research objectives of this thesis are (1) To explain the factors that influence passive students in social studies learning in class VIII at SMP Negeri 2 Kademangan, Blitar Regency (2) To explain teachers' efforts in overcoming passive students in class VIII social studies learning in junior high schools. Negeri 2 Kademangan Blitar Regency. This research is research using a descriptive qualitative approach. The results obtained from this research are (1) There are two factors that influence passive students in social studies learning in class VIII at SMP Negeri 2 Kademangan Blitar Regency for the 2023/2024 academic year, the first is external factors, namely the family environment and the school environment. The two internal factors are feeling lazy, feeling sleepy, not liking social studies subjects and students' inadequate nutrition. (2) The teacher's efforts to overcome passive students in class VIII social studies learning at SMP Negeri 2 Kademangan Blitar Regency for the 2023/2024 academic year are the first to motivate students with the class VIII social studies teacher always motivating students, using interesting learning methods. group discussions, giving punishments, developing teaching media.