Character education has not been well facilitated in every learning process; hence, several indications of low character among college students are found. This research aims to develop a new learning model based on character education to enhance students’ spiritual and social attitudes. The research was a research and development by adopting Borg Gall’s research and development procedures. The research procedures consist of the following steps: 1) Library study, 2) designing a model design, 3) learning model development, 4) expert validation, and 5) focus group discussion with users and students. Instruments used in the research include content validity and construct validity sheets of the learning model with an assessment scale score of 1-5 that ranges from (1) not feasible, (2) less feasible, (3) fairly feasible, (4) feasible, and (5) very feasible. The research results indicate that 1) character-based learning innovation resulted in RIAS learning model with main steps of Reading, Identification, Analysis, and Self-reflection, 2) RIAS learning model has a validation score of 4.6 within a valid category; thus, it is feasible to be utilized to enhance social and spiritual attitudes. The suggested for further research is testing the effectiveness of the RIAS learning model on a wide scale and testing the effect of the RIAS learning model on problem-solving and student learning outcomes.

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A useful conceptual understanding of ZPD can benefit the students from having  talks with others in increasing their capability of knowing something. This idea of social constructivism underpins the need for opportunities for collaboration and support, and for learning. Individuals are required to construct self-knowledge and develop new perspectives, by engaging in hands-on activities rather than using structured information. If peer talk is combined with gallery walk where the students have the opportunity to share ideas, the combination bears such an active class activity. This study reveals the students’ achievements on how they negotiate their problems through conversing with each other. The problem-based conversation plays among students themselves in their initial academic development. This study supports theory highlighting the importance of talk in social interaction as a prerequisite for increasing students’ achievement. The results of this study show that the combination of gallery walk-peer talk able to improve the students’ achievements and also the students’ participation in class. The results also uncovers why they enjoy learning by doing gallery walk-peer talk.

<p><em>This study aims to generate a product of research-based learning model design at Universitas Tidar. The 21^st century era, the learning process should be able to develop all the skills needed by students to be able to live in the 21^st century. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a learning model design that is in accordance with the 21^st century development, one of which is the research-based learning model. This study applied Research and Development (R&amp;D) method, but limited to the expert validation stage. Instruments of test used were questionnaires to determine the feasibility and expert judgments related to the product being developed. The result indicates that valid and feasible stages of research-based learning activities have been composed to be implemented at Universitas Tidar based on the results of the expert judgments. The stages of learning activities include identifying the problem, framing the question, proposing hypothesis, investigating, analyzing the data, evaluating hypothesis, and communicating the result.</em></p>