KESAN PENDEKATAN KONSTRUKTIVISME DAN PENDEKATAN TRADISIONAL DALAM PENGAJARAN DAN PEMBELAJARAN KOMPONEN SASTERA BAHASA MELAYU

The purpose of this study was to identify the effect of the constructivist approach in the teaching and learning literature component of Malay Language (Komsas) compared to traditional approachon student achievement. 66 form two students were selected for this study from a secondary school in Kluang conducted using the quasi-experimental study. The design used was a nonequivalent control group pre-test/post-test design. Students were divided into two groups, experimental group using the constructivist approach and control groupusing the traditional approach. Independent samples t-test was used to analyze the data. The findings is there is no significant difference against students achievement in the pre-test for both approaches, but there are significant differences in the post-test. In the post-test, the mean scores for experimental group were higher than the mean scores for control group. The data show that constructivist approach helping students learning Malay language much better. By having this study, teachers can transform their teaching approach so that students can learn about literature component with more fun and meaningful.