Abstract
This study aims to determine the increase in students' knowledge through the application of reference books based on socio-scientific issues with the theme of LGBT (Lesbi, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) which have been developed previously and integrated into the reproductive system material in class XI humans. The research was conducted at SMA PGRI Pekanbaru. The method used in this research was a Research and Development. Sources of research data came from 50 Class XI MIPA students. Research design was One group pretest posttest only. Data collection obtained from the pretest and posttest results of students' knowledge. The results showed that the students' knowledge had increased in the posttest results from 52.8 to 86.7 with a relatively high increase (N-Gain 0.71). From the results of the study, it can be concluded that reference books based on socio-scientific issues with the LGBT theme can be used as additional biology learning media in high school on reproductive system material.
Highlights
Education is a means of conscious and planned efforts to explore the potential of students in the process of changing their mindset to phenomena that occur in the environment with existing concepts for the creation of appropriate actions in making thinking decisions
This research was a research development (Research and Development) which aims to formulate and produce reference books based on socio-scientific issues with the LGBT theme
The learning strategy that is thought to empower critical thinking skills, communication skills, and collaboration of students is learning based on socio-scientific issues
Summary
Education is a means of conscious and planned efforts to explore the potential of students in the process of changing their mindset to phenomena that occur in the environment with existing concepts for the creation of appropriate actions in making thinking decisions. One of the phenomena that is currently becoming a hot issue among the public is cases of sexual deviance such as LGBT. The phenomenon of the presence of LGBT groups in social life has led Indonesia to rank fifth on the international scale with a population of around 7.5 million out of 250 million Indonesians who are LGBT (Santoso., 2016). Riau Province is included in the category of LGBT emergency according to the observations of MUI Riau. LGBT behavior can have a very bad impact on anyone who has become LGBT perpetrators. In the last two years, according to data from the Riau Province AIDS Commission (KPA), the spread of HIV / AIDS in Riau among
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