THE EFFECT OF HIGHER ORDER THINKING QUESTION INBIOLOGY PRACTICAL WORKSHEETS TO STUDENTS LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT ON ECOSYSTEM TOPIC GRADE X
Abstract: The study was aimed
to investigate the effect of higher order thinking questionsin biology
practical worksheets to students learning achievement on ecosystem topic. The
type of the research was quasi experiment and pre-test and post-test were
applied. The population of the research is grade X of SMA Negeri 2 Binjai
academic year 2015/2016. The samples consist of two groups and were selected
randomly, grade X PMS 2 as control group (n=36 students) and X PMS 4 as
experiment group (n=36 students). Learning method in both groups was practical.
For experimental group, the learning process used the revised-worksheets and
the control group used the student’s handbook. Multiple choice questions were
the instrument to collect the cognitive data and questionnaires were used to
assess the psychomotor aspect of the student achievement. Hypothesis was tested
by t-test. The post-test result showed that, the average score in experimental
group (85.72) was higher than control group (78.61). tcount (5.64) > ttable
(1.994) (with α=0.05 and df=70). The psychomotor assessment revealed that the
score of experimental group (90.02) was higher than control group (78.5).
tcount (7.32) > ttable (1.994) (with α=0.05 and df=70). Based on the data
from research result used tcount> ttable then H0 was rejected and Ha was
accepted. It means that there is a significant effect of providing higher order
thinking questionsin biology practical worksheets to students learning
achievement on ecosystem topic ofgrade X SMA Negeri 2 Binjai academic year
2015/2016.
Penulis: Findi Septiani,
Martina Asiati Napitupulu
Kode Jurnal: jpbiologidd160484