926 ______________________________________________________________ DOI: https://doi.org/10.33258/birci.v4i1.1694 Effectiveness of Modeling Learning Strategies to improve Student Learning Outcomes Emilda Sulasmi Universitas Muhammadiyah Sumatera Utara, Indonesia emilda@umsu.ac.id I. Introduction With regard to learning strategies, the teacher has a strategic role in designing a strategy, technique, or approach that is deemed appropriate to achieve learning objectives (Sulasmi, 2020a). As a designer in learning, the teacher plays a very important role in determining the success or failure of achieving learning objectives. In order for learning objectives to be achieved, teachers are required to have skills and be able to organize materials in such a way that learning materials become interesting and challenging. However, currently there is a tendency that teachers often use learning techniques that do not foster the potential for thinking, attitudes and skills of students. Somantri (2001) suggests that the use of such learning techniques is caused by several factors, namely, the habit of learning techniques that have been institutionalized for a long time and these learning techniques are the easiest to do. In fact, even though the learning objectives have been clearly and clearly defined, the implementation of learning often fails. This indicator can be seen in the low quality of education in Indonesia. And the results of several studies show that graduates of Elementary School (SD), Junior High School (SMP), and Senior High School (SMA) only control about 30 percent of educational material (Azari, 2000). The process of providing education which is still dominated by the view that knowledge as a set of facts that must be memorized will clearly provide unsatisfactory learning outcomes, due to various things, including the selection of inappropriate learning strategies (Sulasmi, 2020c). To obtain learning outcomes that are in accordance with learning objectives requires the ability to choose the right learning strategy, because learning strategies are the most important thing that must be considered in a teaching and Abstract This study aims to analyze the learning process at SMP Negeri 14 Medan. This research uses qualitative research, with a case study approach of SMP Negeri 14 Medan. Data collection techniques used in this study were observation, interviews, focus group discussions and documentation and then analyzed descriptively with descriptive analysis model. The results obtained are that the modeling learning strategy has a good impact on improving student learning outcomes, by making several figures into models who practice certain materials in the learning process, so that learning to dance starts from opening, core activities to closing. The conclusion of this research is that the modeling learning strategy designed by SMP Negeri 14 Medan, the modeling learning strategy takes into account the interests of students, the learning outcomes taught with modeling learning strategies are higher than those taught with conventional learning strategies. Keywords learning strategies; modeling; learning outcomes