JURNAL BASICEDU
Research & Learning in Elementary Education
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Abstrak
Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui efektivitas metode problem-solving terhadap keaktifan calon guru
Pendidikan Guru Sekolah Dasar. Penelitian ini menggunakan penelitian eksperimental dengan desain faktorial
2x2 dimana kelas eksperimen menggunakan metode problem-solving dan kelas kontrol menggunakan metode
ceramah. Data untuk penelitian ini dikumpulkan dalam 2 cara, data diperoleh dengan lembar pengamatan
kegiatan belajar dan tes kemampuan kognitif siswa. Dari data tersebut, terlihat bahwa metode problem-solving
dapat meningkatkan aktivitas belajar siswa, terutama dalam pembelajaran fisika. Selain itu, interaksi antara
masing-masing variabel dicari menggunakan uji Analisis Varians (ANOVA). Dari hasil tes menunjukan
bahwa hipotesis pertama ditolak yang menunjukkan bahwa ada perbedaan efek antara metode pembelajaran
pada kemampuan kognitif siswa. Hipotesis kedua juga ditolak yang berarti bahwa ada perbedaan efek antara
kategori kegiatan belajar siswa pada kemampuan kognitif siswa. Di sisi lain, hipotesis ketiga diterima yang
menunjukkan bahwa tidak ada interaksi antara penggunaan metode pembelajaran dan kegiatan belajar siswa
pada kemampuan kognitif siswa.
Kata kunci: metode problem-solving, calon guru, aktivitas belajar siswa, ANOVA
Abstract
This research aim is to know the effectiveness of the problem-solving method on the activeness of the pre-
service elementary education teacher. This research used experimental research with a 2x2 factorial design
where the experiment class used the problem-solving method and the control class used traditional lecture-
method. Data for this research was collected in 2 ways, the data was obtained by the observation of student’s
learning activities and the test of the student’s cognitive ability. From those data, it shows that problem-
solving methods can increase students’ learning activities, especially in physics learning. Moreover, the
interaction between each variable was searched using the Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) test. The result of
the test, the first hypothesis was rejected that indicates that there was a difference in effect between learning
methods on the students’ cognitive ability. The second hypothesis was also rejected which means that there
was a difference in effect between the category of the students’ learning activities on the students’ cognitive
ability. On the other hand, the third hypothesis was accepted that indicates that there is no interaction between
the use of learning methods and students' learning activities on the students’ cognitive ability.
Keyword: problem-solving method, pre-service teacher, students learning activities, ANOVA
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.31004/basicedu.v4i4.484
must be considered by the teacher to get maximum determination of students’ learning activities
results in the class. Students’ learning activities categories is shown in table 1.
can be defined as a series of physical and mental
student activities in following the teaching and Table 1. Determination of Student Learning
Activity Categories
learning process to develop the students’ potential
(Am 2011). Suitable learning methods can increase Students’ learning
No. Category
activities score
student learning activities so it becomes very
1. 21 ≤ Skor ≤ 40 High students’
memorable and easy to remember. This fact can be learning activities
2. 10 ≤ Skor ≤ 20 Low students’
caused that the learning process through the learning activities
thought process, processing data, and then issued
again in different forms, such as expressing This research used simple factorial design
opinions or carrying out tasks. Students with high 2x2 that was shown in table 2.
learning activities have higher both skill and
knowledge abilities than other students (Watson et Table 2. Simple Factorial Design 2x2 in This
Research
al. 2017).
Based on the observation result, the authors Students’ Learning
obtained information that the traditional lecture- Activities (B)
High (B1) Low
method gives low motivation, especially in the (B2)
Learning Problem- A1 B1 A1 B2
students’ learning activities in the class. So, the method solving
problem-solving method is an alternative method (A) method (A1)
Traditional A2B1 A2B2
that authors use to know the effects of the lecture-
method (A2)
Problem-solving method on the activeness
especially in for the pre-services elementary
The subjects of this research were all
school education teacher in a physics concept.
students in first-year Elementary School Teacher
Education in Universitas PGRI Adi Buana
METODE
Surabaya. The research samples were chosen by a
The variables of this research were the
random sampling method as an experiment and
learning methods and students’ learning activities.
control class. The first class was an experiment
The learning method variables were divided into
class that used the problem-solving method and the
problem-solving and traditional lecture-method
second class was a control class that used
and the students’ learning activities variables were
traditional lecture-method. Both classes have been
divided into high and low categories. The
tested for similarity initially using the two-tailed t-
classification of students’ learning activities was
test. The two-tailed t-test requirements are samples
done by separating the maximum value of
from populations that are normally distributed and
observation data into two levels. The
No. Students’ Learning Activity Measurement normality test used the Lilliefors method with a
Aspect significant degree (α) 5% and the result was shown
1. Asking the teacher without being appointed
2. Giving the ideas to solve the problems in the in table 4.
discussion
3. Answering questions asked without being
invited by the teacher Table 4. The Result of The Normality Test
4. Giving attention to the teacher while the lesson
is taking place
5. Giving attention when other students give their Sample L-observation L-table
opinions/presentations Experiment 0.1358 L0.05;31 = 0.159
6. Listening to the explanation from the teacher Class
7. Listening to the explanations of the friends Control Class 0.0858 L0.05;32 = 0.156
who give the argue / presentations
8. Taking the notes from the teacher's explanation Based on the calculation, L-observation of each
9. Writing the discussion result
10. Writing the answers to the questions on the class have a lower value than L-table so the L-
board without being appointed
observation value was not meet in the critical region of
This research also used ANOVA test that the normal test. It can be concluded that the
has three hypotheses, namely: sample both experiment and control class were
• H0A:αi = 0 There is no difference in effect normally distributed. On the other hand, the
between the problem-solving homogeneity test result using the Bartlett method
shows that X2hitung has had a lower value than X2table service elementary education teachers due to the
2
(X hitung = 3.063 < X2table =3.841). This indicates increase in students learning activities. It has the
that both samples have come from homogeneous same result as Simamora et. al that the problem-
populations. solving method could increase the students’
On the other hand, the similarity of both the learning activities (Simamora et al. 2017). The
level of knowledge and skills of the experimental increasing of the learning students' activities
and control classes was seen from the UTS scores occurs due to the curiosity of the student to solved
of the two classes. Both of these classes have the physics phenomena. This curiosity makes the
almost the same UTS values, 37.17 for the student want to know how the phenomena could
experimental class, and 32.7 for the control class. occur.
Number of samples
14
collected using an observation form was shown in
12
Table 5. Based on the data, the experiment class 10
8
has an average value of 22.58, the maximum value 6
4
of 30.20, and the minimum value of 26.20. On the 2
0
other hand, the control class has an average value High Low
Student Learning Activity
of 19.73, the maximum value 26.20, and the
(b) 20
minimum value of 15.33. 18
Number of samples
16
14
12
Table 5. Students Learning Activities Data 10
8
Sample Numbe Max Min Aver Std. 6
r of age dev 4
samples 2
0
Experiment 31 30.2 17.8 22.64 3.47 High Low
class Student Learning Activity
Control class 32 26.2 15.3 19.73 3.26
Figure 1. Graph of Each Category in Students’
The data for each category high and low Learning Activities: (a) Experiment Class and (b)
Control Class
student learning activities in both experiment and On the other hand, the students’ learning
control class was shown in figure 1. Figure 1 activities are also divided into gender categories
shows that the experiment class using the problem- (male and female). The data for each gender
solving method has a higher number of students’ categories were shown in figure 2.
activeness samples than the control class. This
indicates that the problem-solving method is the
right method to use in the learning process for pre-
Class
20 Male
Female
18
14
12
results in both experiment and control classes was
10 shown in figure 3.
8
4
(a) 12
2
0 10
Low High
Number of sample
Students’ Learning Activities 8
12
have dominated by the female students. In this
Number of sample
10
4
students. The difference of this value caused by the
2
Cheng et.al. research (Cheng, She, and Huang which interaction learning method on students’
2017). With the problem in the learning process, cognitive ability has Fobs value 11.275. This value
students will explore to get the answers to these is a higher value than Ftable (Fα). It indicates that
problems. This activity makes students more easily there was a difference in effect between the
recorded the physics concept than they only problem-solving method and the traditional lecture
listening from the teacher. method on the students’ cognitive ability. The
difference in the effect learning method was shown
Hypothesis Testing Results by the average of testing results where the
The hypothesis research was tested using a problem-solving method has a higher result than
two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) with the traditional lecture method as the present above.
unequal cell contents. Student achievement scores The problem-solving method made the students
in the experiment class and control class are more active in the learning process and could
grouped according to the category of student prove the truth of physics theory. While the
learning activities from the results of observation. traditional lecture method made the students less
Based on the statistic calculation using a active to find their physics concept because the
significance level of 5%, the result of hypothesis concept was obtained by seeing the demonstration
testing is shown in table 7. from the teacher. So, the student mastery of the
concept was less than the problem-solving method.
Table 7. The Calculation Result Of ANOVA with The second hypothesis which interaction
Unequal Cell Contents students’ learning activities category on students’
Category JK dk RK Fobs Fα cognitive ability also has a higher value of F obs
Learning 986.955 1 986.9 11.2 4,08 (6.747) than Ftable (F4.08). It means that there was
Method(A) 55 75
Students’ 590.556 1 590.5 6.74 4,08 a difference in effect between the high and low
Learning 56 7
Activities (B) category of the students’ learning activities the
Interaction 274.673 1 274.6 3.13 4,08
(AB) 73 8 students’ cognitive ability. Students who have high
Error 5164 59 87,53 learning activities have a strong desire to be active
52
Total 6414.66 62 in the learning process. While the students who
0
Description: have low learning activities will have low
JK : The sum of square awareness to be active in the learning process. The
dK : The degree of freedom activeness level of the students given an effect on
RK : Average square knowledgeability. It is proven by the result of the
Fobs: F observation testing result which the active students have higher
Fα : F table testing results than others.
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The table shows that the first hypothesis in lower value of F (Fobs) than Ftable (Fα). It indicates
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