Title of article :
THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROBLEM-BASED PSYCHOTROPIC and ADDICTIVE SUBSTANCE LEARNING KITS TO IMPROVE THE STUDENTS’ METACOGNITION
Author/Authors :
Hanifah, Nur Program of Natural Sciences Education - State University of Semarang , Ridlo, Saiful Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences - State University of Semarang , Lisdiana, dan Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences - State University of Semarang
Abstract :
Thisstudywasaimedtodevelopproblem-basedpsychotropicandaddictivesubstancelearningkitstoimprovethestudents’metacognitionandconceptmastery.Thekitsweredevelopedinthreestages(define,design,develop).The“develop”stageusedthenon-equivalentcontrolgroupdesign.ThesubjectsweregradeVIIIstudentsofSMPNasima,Semarang.Thefindingsofthestudyshowedthatthedevelopedlearningkitswerevalidintheverygoodcategory.ThemasteryofconceptsandmetacognitionimprovedwithanaveragepercentageofN-gainfortheexperimentalgroupwiththehighcategory.TheresultofthequestionnairesonmetacognitionshowedtheN-gainpercentageoftheexperimentalgroupbelongingtothefaircategory.Thestudents’abilitytosolveproblemsandtheimplementationinthesmallclassandintheexperimentalgroupinthefirstandfourthmeetingswereinthegoodcategory.Thestudentsandteachergavepositiveresponsestothedevelopedlearningkitsanditsimplementationintheclass.Thefindingsshowedthattheproblem-basedlearningcanbeusedforimprovingstudents’metacognition.
Keywords :
Problem-based learning , metacognition , addictive , psychotropicsubstances
Journal title :
Cakrawala Pendidikan
