THE PRACTICALITY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF LESSON PLAN SET ON THE TOPIC OF DIGESTIVE SYSTEM IN TRAINING THE CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Abstract

This development research of lesson plan set aims to evaluate the practicality and effectiveness of the lesson plan set on the topic of the digestive system in training junior high school critical thinking skills. The lesson plan set includes syllabi, teaching materials, student worksheet, learning materials, and evaluation sheet. The steps of development are using Plomp and Nieveen’s (2013) which consists of preliminary research and prototyping. The used research method is quantitative descriptive. The research was done in five months (July-November) at the State Junior High School 1 in Banjarmasin. The research subject of the small group test is 12 students of VIII C class, and the field test is 35 students of VIII A class. The appointment of the research subjects is done purposively, which selected the students who have high, medium, and low academic capability. The practicality data is gained through the researchers’ assessments on the learning process done by partner teachers, using the format of lesson plan implementation assessment and students’ responses on the learning on the small group test using response questionnaire. The effectiveness data is obtained through 1) spiritual assessment, 2) affective assessment, 3) cognitive learning result, 4) psychomotor assessment, 5) critical thinking skill assessment, 6) teachers’ activity and 7) students’ activity. Data analysis is done descriptively. Practicality lesson plan is used because partner teachers able to do the teaching activity and students give positive responses on the teaching activity. Lesson plan set is considered effective based on 1) spiritual assessment, 2) affective assessment, 3) cognitive learning result, 4) psychomotor assessment, 5) critical thinking skill assessment, 6) teachers’ activity and 7) students’ activity. Article visualizations: