Pembelajaran Kontekstual terhadap Pemahaman Konsep pada Materi Kalor

Abstract

This study aims to determine the effect of contextual learning on students' understanding of the concept of heat material and students' activities during contextual learning. The type of research used is a quasi-experimental research design with nonequivalent control group design. The sample in this study consisted of two groups, namely the experimental class and the control class. Class 7-1 as the experimental class and class 7-2 as the control class with a total of 60 people. The technique used in this study is non-random. The research instruments used were student activity sheets and multiple-choice questions to determine student understanding. Based on the students' understanding, the average posttest score for the experimental class was 68.17 and the posttest average for the control class was 10.87. The results obtained with one-sided t-test for posttest data in the experimental and control classes are = 0.05, obtained tcount = 1.694 and ttable = 1.982, in this case Ho is rejected and Ha is accepted. Based on the results of the study, it can be concluded that there is a significant effect on the effect of contextual learning on students' understanding of the concept of heat in the 7th grade of SMP Negeri 1 Borbor.