Open AccessThe integration of local context through problem-based learning (PBL) to improve junior high school students problem-solving skills
Author(s) -
Ulfah Hayati,
Rahmah Johar,
Marwan Marwan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1460/1/012036
Subject(s) - worksheet , problem based learning , mathematics education , test (biology) , psychology , context (archaeology) , medical education , pedagogy , medicine , paleontology , biology
Students face difficulties in understanding problems because they are presented in the text book without the contexts familiar to the students. This study aimed to examine and descriptively describe the effectiveness of the integration of local contexts through the PBL model to improve students’ problem-solving skills. This research was done by developing the learning instruments integrating the local contexts through the PBL model based on Dick and Carey models. The learning instruments that are valid, practical, and effective were developed by referring to the Dick and Carey model. This paper discussed the results of the effectiveness test of PBL learning instruments integrating the local contexts. The effectiveness test was conducted for Year 7 students at one of the junior high school in Meureudu, Pidie Jaya, Indonesia. The instruments of this study were the student worksheet, observation questionnaire to investigate student learning activities, problem-solving skills test, student questionnaire, observer questionnaire. The results showed that effectiveness criteria to the learning instruments developed had been fulfilled so that they were effective to use, and students problem-solving skills had improved. It is hoped that the trial of the learning instruments can be conducted at some schools with similar characteristics.