The analysis of the implementation of multi techniques based learning media in improving the elementary school students’ higher order thinking skill in solving exponential problem

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the analysis of the implementation of multi techniques based learning media in improving the elementary school students’ higher order thinking skill in solving exponential problem. This is caused by the lesson plans cannot motivate students to improve higher order thinking skills. The method used in this study is a mixed method which is a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods. The research subjects were the fifth grade students of elementary school consisting of 25 students of experimental class and 24 students of the control class. The instruments of this research are an interview, a questionnaire, observation, and documentation. Quantitative method is applied to analyze the difference of student achievement result among two classes, while the qualitative method is applied to analyze the students' higher order thinking skills. The results show that there are significant differences between the two classes that applied multi techniques based learning and conventional learning. The statistical result indicates that the (2-tailed) significance of the independent sample t-test in the pre-test was 0.000 or α ≤ 0.05. It implies that the implementation of multi techniques media affects the students' higher order thinking skill in solving exponential problem.