Building Independent Learning With Students' Productive Mindsets Through Cognitive-Behaviour Therapy Group Counseling At Sawangan State Junior High School, North Minahasa, Indonesia

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Dr. Ariantje J. A. Sundah

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A healthy mindset produces progressive learning behaviour through a positive attitude towards educational growth and development. This involves the eradication of negativity from all learning activities, through the provision of adequate materials and appropriate assistance. Therefore, this study aims to develop independent learning with students' productive mindsets, through a group counselling approach known as Rational Emotive Behaviour (REB). A total of four students with irrational (unproductive) thinking patterns were used as the experimental subjects, which experienced mindset changes by using specific counselling actions. This analysis was carried out through 2 cycles, with the first process showing that two students exhibited strong learning challenges. In this condition, the counselling process for these subjects led to the independent expression and interaction of healthy perspectives and progressive learning experiences. These helped the remaining two students in the second cycle, where changes in expressing productive communication and independent learning behaviour were observed. Based on these results, cognitive-behaviour counselling was effective in correcting negative and unproductive thinking patterns, as dependent subjects became productive, positive, and independent. In addition, counselling guidance teachers need to study subsequent behavioural processes, to help deviant students.

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