Metro Academic Year Research Articles

ANALISIS KESULITAN PEMAHAMAN KONSEP ALAT OPTIK PADA SISWA KELAS VIII SEMESTER GENAP SMP NEGERI 3 METRO TAHUN PELAJARAN 2012/2013

The purpose of this research to know form of difficulties were experienced by students looked form cognitive domain and questionsettlement stage. The subject of this research was student of grade VIIIc of junior high school 3 Metro academic year 2012/2013 the total of 33 students. Data capture technique used essay test. Data analysis was done by qualitative by identification, tabulation, describtion, and interpretationsteep. Base on analysis can be knowed that the most dominant difficulties were looked from question settlement stage that was operated stage the rules or the laws as much as 73%. Students difficulties were looked from coqtinive domain in ability stage such as knowledge, comprehension, application, and analysis. Difficulties in cognitive domain the most dominant wasexperienced by students are in analysis ability stage as much as 91%. To overcome the difficulties, the teacher is adviced in order that learning the most important to physic concept are felt difficult, that are aplication stage and analysis.

PENERAPAN COOPERATIVE LEARNING TIPE SNOWBALL THROWING UNTUK MENINGKATKAN AKTIVITAS DAN HASIL BELAJAR IPA/BIOLOGI SISWA KELAS VII SMP NEGERI 5 METRO T.P. 2011/2012

Students’ learning achievement of SMP N 5 Metro heaven’t been accomplished thoroughly. Students were not active in learning process because the model of learning process is teacher centered, so students will be passive and it causes students’ learning achievement haven’t accomplished KKM (Criteria of Thoroughness Minimum) in school. The purpose of the research that is to improve learning achievement of nature science of seventh greade in SMP N 5 Metro academic year 2011/2012. Based on research data can be concluded that the impelementation of cooperative learning method by snowball throwing type can improve students’ learning achievement of seventh grade in SMP N 5 Metro academic year 2011/2012. The increasing of students’ learning achievement that be obtained from pra-PTK until second cycle is 34,04%. Based on that result, the researcher suggests to teacher to use this learning method in learning process. Kata Kunci: Snowball Throwing, Hasil Belajar.

PEMBELAJARAN BERBASIS PORTOFOLIO UNTUK MENINGKATKAN AKTIVITAS DAN HASIL BELAJAR BIOLOGI SISWA KELAS X MA NEGERI 2 METRO SEMESTER GENAP TAHUN PELAJARAN 2011/2012

Students learning outcomes is a change of the students based their esperienced, that is learning outcomes from learning process that the students doing while learning and appers from students showed by their score. This result got from students activity during learning process. The portofolio based learning demand students as self regulated learners and active in the learning process guided by teacher to gets learning purpose. The classroom action research was conducted in grade XG MAN 2 Metro academic year 2011/2012. The conclusion of this research was the portofolio based learning could increase the students’s achievement in grade XG MAN 2 Metro year 2011/2012 from the cycle I to the cycle II by 50% and researcher sugests that the portofolio based learning be able used to the increases the students’s achievement of biology learning. Kata kunci: Pembelajaran Berbasis Portofolio, Aktivitas Belajar, Hasil Belajar

PENERAPAN MODEL PEMBELAJARAN BERBASIS LINGKUNGAN DALAM UPAYA MENINGKATKAN KETERAMPILAN PROSES SAINS SISWA SMA METRO

The aims of the study was to apply the environment based learning model in an effort to improve students' science process skills. The research was conducted by the classroom action research on class X2 SMAN 2 Metro academic year 2011/2012 indicated that students' science process skills still have not shown good results. Because the achievement still under 50% with the percentage of students who reach the KKM (≥ 70%). The curriculum is currently implemented of KTSP where the teachers are required to be able to manage with the student centered learning. One model of learning which are student centered learning is environment based learning model. The results show that the science process skills increase from 50.00% to 79.45% increase of 29.45%. Based on the results of research can be concluded that the study uses a model-based learning environment can improve the skills sains process. Kata kunci: Pembelajaran Berbasis Lingkungan, Keterampilan Proses Sains

PENGGUNAAN MULTIMEDIA INTERAKTIF UNTUK MENINGKATKAN AKTIVITAS DAN HASIL BELAJAR BIOLOGI PADA SISWA SMA MUHAMMADIYAH 1 METRO TAHUN PELAJARAN 2010/2011

The objective of the research are to increase the student activities and learning achievement of Biology. The research conducted in class SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Metro Academic Year 2010/2011 by using Classroom Action Research. There are two cycle in the research with tree meeting every cycle. The result of the research show that interactive multimedia can increase the student activities and learning achievement of Biology. Score average before using Classroom Action Research is 28,23% and increase to 59,77% in cycle II. The reseacher suggest that interactive multimedia can implement to increase the student activities and learning achievement of Biology. Implementing of interactive multimedia make the students interesting to the learning. Kata kunci: Multimedia Interaktif, Aktivitas Belajar, Hasil Belajar