MENINGKATKAN HASIL BELAJAR DAN KEAKTIFAN BELAJAR SISWA MELALUI CONTEXTUAL TEACHING AND LEARNING
IMPROVING LEARNING OUTCOMES AND STUDENT LEARNING ACTIVITY THROUGH CONTEXTUAL TEACHING AND LEARNING
Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh pendekatan Contextual Teaching and Learning(CTL) terhadap peningkatan hasil belajar, keaktifan belajar, dan respons siswa pada materi getaran, gelombang, dan bunyi. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian quasi-experiment dengan rancangan nonequivalent control group design. Subjek dalam penelitian ini melibatkan seluruh siswa kelas VIII di salah satu sekolah Madrasah Sanawiah (MTs) di Kabupaten Situbondo yang berjumlah 62 siswa. Sampel pada penelitian ini diambil menggunakan teknik sampling jenuh, dimana 31 siswa kelas VIII-A dipilih sebagai kelompok eksperimen dan 31 siswa kelas VIII-B dipilih sebagai kelompok kontrol. Instrumen pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan lembar observasi, lembar tes belajar, dan lembar angket respons. Teknik analisis data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah analisis data deskriptif kuantitatif dan analisis data kualitatif. Hasil observasi keterlaksanaan pembelajaran menunjukkan rata-rata 96,33% dan keaktifan siswa menunjukkan rata-rata 81,88% dengan masing-masing berkategori sangat baik. Melalui pendekatan contextual teaching and learning, hasil belajar siswa mengalami peningkatan skor N-gain sebesar 76,88% atau 0,77 dengan kategori tinggi. Respons siswa terhadap pendekatan contextual teaching and learning menunjukkan rata-rata sebesar 97,09% dengan kategori sangat baik. Sehingga dapat ditarik suatu kesimpulan bahwa pendekatan contextual teaching and learning berpengaruh pada peningkatan hasil belajar dan keaktifan belajar siswa.
Kata Kunci: hasil belajar, keaktifan siswa, pendekatan contextual teaching and learning
This study aimed to determine the effect of the Contextual Teaching and Learning (CTL) approach on improving learning outcomes, learning activeness, and student responses to vibration, wave, and sound materials. This study is a quasi-experiment research with a nonequivalent control group design. The subjects in this study involved all class VIII students at one of the Islamic Junior High Schools in Situbondo Regency, totaling 62 students. The sample in this study was taken using a saturated sampling technique, where 31 class VIII-A students were selected as the experimental group and 31 class VIII-B students were selected as the control group. Data collection instruments used observation sheets, study test sheets, and response questionnaire sheets. The data analysis techniques used in this research are quantitative descriptive data analysis and qualitative data analysis. The observations of learning implementation showed an average of 96.33% and student activity showed an average of 81.88% with each in the very good category. Through the contextual teaching and learning approach, student learning outcomes experienced an increase in the N-gain score of 76.88% or 0.77 in the high category. Student responses to the contextual teaching and learning approach showed an average of 97.09% in the very good category. So, a conclusion can be drawn that the contextual teaching and learning approach improved learning outcomes and student learning activity.
Keywords: learning outcomes, student activity, contextual teaching and learning approach