The Influence of Contextual Learning Models on the Students’ Ability in Finding Short Story Values of the Eight Grade Students at Smp Negeri 4 Siborongborong in Academic Year 2017/ 2018

Abstract

The influence of contextual learning models on the students’ ability in finding short story values of the eight grade students at SMP Negeri 4 Siborongborong in academic year 2017/2018. This study aims to determine the influence of contextual learning model on the students’ ability in finding the values ​​contained in the short story of the eight grade students at SMP Negeri 4 Siborongborong in academic Year 2017/2018. The population of this study was all the eight grade students of SMP Negeri 4 Siborongborong which is in total 200 students and the sample was 37 students. This research method is used experimental with one group pre-test post-test design. The instrument is used multiple choice objective tests. The average value of pre-test was 65.81, while the mean post-test was 78.1. It can be concluded that the post-test average is higher than the pre-test value. Hypothesis testing is done by using t-test. From the calculation of hypothesis test obtained tcount = 14.6 then consulted with the table at the level of significance of 5% with df = n-1 = 37-1. From df = 36 obtained the significance level of 2.028. Based on calculations that have been done it can be seen that to > ttable was 14, 6 > 2, 028. Thus, the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted. Based on the calculated data, it can be concluded that the contextual learning model influences the students’ ability in finding the values ​​contained in the short story of the eight grade students of SMP Negeri 4 Siborongborong in academic year 2017/2018.