Nurrihsan, 2008). The first reason the child wants to try to solve problems in learning, and the
second reason the child is only looking for friends to play while students who don't want to
take advantage of relationships between friends is based on the reason because the child has an
inferiority complex and usually he will isolate himself from his friends (Yusuf Syamsu &
Nurrihsan, 2008). In general, student achievement can be achieved well if students want to
make use of friends when compared to students who do not take advantage of relationships
between friends in the sense of class mates.
In general, peer group interactions at school are formed from extra-curricular activities
that rarely have anything to do with the main problems of classroom life Mc Partland (1977:
67). From the results of Brofanbrenner's research, (1960:45) in American schools, this activity
is carried out by thousands of American students which can be seen in the tutoring program for
children of minority groups, this group is held outside of school hours. Tutoring is an
interesting technique in educational renewal, in this case the provision of teaching by a friend
who is smarter to another friend who has learning difficulties (Hamalik, Tohirin, & Mahmud,
2007). In some societies older pupils regularly tutor younger pupils. And there are also group
activities that are carried out together in class, for example schools in Russia, as explained by
Brofen Rener (1972:63) "classes have a number of peer status systems. The system originates
from a class formal organization (Fauzia, 2022). Some students influence the attitudes and
behavior of other students in their class.” However, so far he does not know the specifics of
this influence process. The aspect of students' relationships with other students that gets the
most attention is students' feelings towards one another, as measured by a technique called
sociometric analysis.
METHOD RESEARCH
A. Approach and type of research
This study uses a descriptive research approach. Descriptive research is research that is
to describe conditions or things related to something being studied (Hasanah, 2017).
In this study, researchers will directly observe, interview, and examine documents
directly to understand the phenomenon of what is experienced by research subjects, for
example behavior, perception, motivation, actions and others (Dayakisni, 2003).
One type of qualitative descriptive research that the authors used in this study was the
method or case study approach, namely research that focuses more intensively on a particular
object that is studied as a case. Case study research is "an in-depth study of a particular social
unit and the results of this research provide a broad and in-depth picture of a particular social
unit, the subjects studied are relatively limited, but the variables studied are very broad in
dimensions" (Setiyowati, 2015).
This case study research is intended to study intensively about the background of the
problem, the situation and the position of a phenomenon that is currently happening, as well as
the environmental interactions of certain social units that are as they are. Research subjects can
be individuals, groups, institutions or community (Rohmad, 2015).
The research location was carried out at Unggul Sigli High School in the 2012/2013
academic year, this school is located on Jalan Tibang-Krueng Raya, Pidie sub-district, where
this research was taken based on facts in the field (Moleong, 2007). The choice of research
location at this school was based on the results of observations that had been made that the
school had become a barometer of education in Pidie.