Use of Practicum Learning Methods in Improving Learning Outcomes

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to find out whether the application of practicum methods can improve learning outcomes as well as to know how much the increase in chemistry is learning outcomes that are taught using the practicum method. The research method used in this study is a quasi-experimental design with two groups, a pretest and a post-test. Sample In this study, there were 56 students in class XI of 28 students as an experimental class and 28 students as a class control taken by purposive sampling technique. The research result shows that the significance value (Sig.) in the experimental class as well as in the control class of 0.000 is less than 0.05 (0.000 < 0.05). This means that practical and conventional methods, each used in the experimental and control classes, had a significant effect on students' chemistry learning outcomes. But based on analysis gain value, it is known that there was an increase of 31% in the class experiment and 12% in the control class. It can be concluded that increasing learning outcomes in the experimental class that apply the practicum method is better than the control class.