RETENSI HASIL BELAJAR DENGAN METODE VERBAL DIBANDINGKAN METODE KOMBINASI VERBAL – VISUAL PADA MAHASISWA PROGRAM STUDI KEPERAWATAN POSO

This research aims to determine the differences between learning with verbal methods and verbal-visual combination methods towards the retention of learning result of the fourth semester students of nursing program in Poso. This research is an experimental study with a prospective approach. A sample were 68 students and selected using a simple random system. Students were then divided into two groups, which were group A and group B, consisted of 34 people. The verbal - visual combinations method was tested on group A and the verbal presentation method was on group B. The data were analyzed using the "t" test at the 95% of confidence level. This research shows that there is an increase on the verbal method with the average value of 555,338 or 118.57%, while in the verbal-visual combination method, it increase in the average value of 1986.68 or 446.52%. So, it can be concluded, there is a significant difference between learning result retension with verbal method and verbal-visual combinations method. Key Words: Verbal-visual, verbal, retention of learning outcomes.