Model Based Learning Approach Effects on Students Academic Performance and Attitudes in Earth science
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Abstract: This study determined the effect of the model-based learning approach on students’ academic performance and attitudes in Earth science as well as the teachers perception. A total of four science teachers served as teacher respondents and sixty one of ninth-grade students served as student-participants in the research. To answer the objectives of the study, the science attitudes scale, standardized test, and perception survey questionnaire were administered. T-test was utilized to determine the significant difference in the students’ academic performance and attitudes in learning earth science and SWOT analysis was utilized on teachers’ perception. Findings revealed that the model-based learning and conventional approaches are both effective in enhancing students’ academic performance in earth science which the first approach has a positive effect on the student’s attitude toward science. Moreover, SWOT analysis revealed that the model-based learning approach is a learner-centered and teacher-facilitated approach that adheres to the goal and principles of K to 12 Basic Education Program of enhancing learners interest and motivation, maximizing learners’ 21 st century skills and scientific skills leading into holistically skill-competent learners through the model building. The overall result indicates that the model-based learning approach is a promising teaching strategy that can help improve students’ academic performance and develop a positive mindset in learning science.
Keywords: model-based approach, attitudes toward earth science, academic performance.
Abstrak: Penelitian ini menentukan efek dari pendekatan pembelajaran berbasis model pada prestasi akademik dan sikap siswa dalam ilmu bumi serta persepsi guru. Sebanyak empat guru sains dan enam puluh satu siswa kelas sembilan sebagai subjek penelitian ini. Untuk menjawab tujuan penelitian, skala sikap sains, uji terstandarisasi, dan kuesioner survei persepsi diberikan. Uji Tukey digunakan untuk menentukan perbedaan yang signifikan dalam kinerja akademik siswa dan sikap dalam belajar ilmu bumi dan analisis SWOT digunakan pada persepsi guru. Temuan mengungkapkan bahwa pembelajaran berbasis model dan pendekatan konvensional keduanya efektif dalam meningkatkan kinerja akademik siswa dimana pendekatan pertama memiliki efek positif pada sikap siswa terhadap sains. Selain itu, analisis SWOT mengungkapkan bahwa pendekatan pembelajaran berbasis model adalah pendekatan yang berpusat pada peserta didik dan difasilitasi guru yang menganut tujuan dan prinsip-prinsip Program Pendidikan Dasar untuk meningkatkan minat dan motivasi peserta didik, memaksimalkan keterampilan abad ke-21, dan keterampilan ilmiah yang mengarah pada pembelajar kompeten melalui pembentukan model. Hasil keseluruhan menunjukkan bahwa pendekatan pembelajaran berbasis model adalah strategi pengajaran yang menjanjikan dalam membantu meningkatkan kinerja akademik dan mengembangkan pola pikir positif siswa dalam pembelajaran sains.
Kata kunci: pendekatan berbasis model, sikap terhadap ilmu bumi, dan prestasi akademik.
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