Jurnal Pendidikan Fisika Indonesia (Oct 2011)
PENINGKATAN HASIL BELAJAR PESERTA DIDIK MELALUI PENERAPAN METODE PADA MATERI POKOK BAHASAN BUNYI SISWA KELAS VIII SMP
Abstract
Observasi awal terhadap proses pembelajaran IPAFisika di salah satu SMP Kabupaten Pekalongan, menunjukkan pembelajaranyang hanya dilakukan secara mekanistis, kurang memperhatikan kemampuan berpikir dan siswa cenderung pasif sehingga hasilbelajar masih rendah. Penelitian ini menerapkan metode pembelajaran (TPS) dengan maksud memberikesempatan kepada siswa untuk berpikir dan merespon, membantu satu sama lain, sehingga setiap siswa dapatmengembangkan kemampuan berpikir, pemecahan masalah, dan ketrampilan sosialnya. Penelitian ini bertujuan untukmeningkatkan aktivitas dan hasil belajar siswa melalui penerapan metode pembelajaran TPS dengan desain PTK dalam tigasiklus. Data diambil dengan lembar observasi dan LKS untuk mengetahui aktivitas siswa dan tes hasil belajar untuk mengetahuipemahaman materi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan adanya peningkatan nilai rata-rata kelas tiap siklus, persentase ketuntasanklasikal pada aktivitas dan hasil belajar kognitif siswa. Siswa merasa senang dan menikmati pembelajaran bermetode TPS.Disimpulkan bahwa penerapan metode TPS dalam pembelajaran IPA Fisika mampu meningkatkan aktivitas dan hasil belajarsiswa. The preliminary observation on the physics learning process in one of the secondary schools in Pekalongan District shows that thelearning process is just mechanics instruction and give no more attention on the thinking ability, so that the students to be passiveand students learning achievement are low. In this research, we applied Think-Pair-Share method. This method is selected to giveopprtunity for students to think, to respond, and to cooperate, so that each student can develop their capabilities in thinking, solvingthe problems as well as improve their social skills. The goal of this research is to improve the students' activities in learning processwhich have a good impact on the students' achievements by applying TPS learning method and in three cycles of action researchdesign. Data were gathered from observations and students worksheets to explore their activities during learning process and fromcognitive test results to know their understanding of sounds concepts. The analysis results show that there is a significantimprovement of students' activities and their achievements in every cycle. The students feel happy and enjoy the class. It can beconcluded that the implementation ofTPS learning method in learning phyics increase students' activities and their achievements.Keywords: student’s achievements; sounds;Think-Pair-Share