This research aims to describe students' reading interest, to explain students' ability to write expository texts, and to prove the correlation between reading interest and the ability to write expository texts of class X students at SMA Negeri 1 Gowa. The population of this study was 432 students. The sampling technique is purposive sampling. The sample in this research was class X.7 students, totaling 36 students. The data collection technique uses a reading interest questionnaire and an expository text writing ability test. The validity test uses the product formula, there are 36 or all statements are valid because the calculated r is greater than the r table, data analysis uses descriptive statistical analysis and inferential statistical analysis. The results of the research data description show that students' reading interest can be said to be in the high category with a percentage of 36% and students' ability to write expository texts is in the medium category with a percentage of 42%. From the results of descriptive statistical analysis using the product moment correlation formula, it can be seen that the level of relationship between interest in reading and the ability to write expository texts obtained a calculated r value of 0.782. Meanwhile, the r table with N=36 at the 5% significance level is 0.329. These results show that r count > r table, indicating that there is a positive and significant relationship between interest in reading and the ability to write expository texts in class X SMA Negeri 1 Gowa for the 2024/2025 academic year.

This study aims to analyze the effect of critical thinking ability, learning independence, and mutual cooperation attitude in the P5 dimension of the Merdeka Curriculum on the learning achievement of IPAS class V UPT SPF SDN Inpres Perumnas I Makassar students, both partially and simultaneously. This study used a quantitative approach with a total sampling method, involving the entire population of 40 students from two classes. Data were collected through questionnaires and analyzed using multiple regression, t-test, and F-test with the help of SPSS 26. The results showed that partially, critical thinking ability (X1), student learning independence (X2), and mutual cooperation attitude (X3) had a positive and significant influence on IPAS learning achievement (Y). Simultaneously, the three variables also jointly influence student learning achievement.This finding confirms that the P5 dimension in the Merdeka Curriculum, especially in the aspects of critical thinking, learning independence, and mutual cooperation, plays an important role in improving students' IPAS learning achievement. Therefore, implementing learning strategies that encourage these three aspects can be an effective step in improving the quality of education in elementary schools