INCREASING STUDENT LEARNING ACTIVITY IN CLASS VII PPKN SUBJECTS THROUGH PROBLEM BASED LEARNING METHOD AT SMPN 12 KOTA MADIUN

Abstract

This research aims to determine the use of the problem-based learning (PBL) model in increasing students' learning activities. The research method used was classroom action research (PTK) in 2 cycles. Each process consists of two meetings per cycle. The subjects of this research were 28 students in class VII G of SMPN 12 Madiun City, consisting of 16 male students and 12 female students. The results of this research indicate that the presentation of student learning activities has increased from cycle I to cycle II. In cycle I the percentage of student activity was 73 percent, in cycle II it increased to 86 percent. Furthermore, the percentage of students' activeness during learning in cycle I was 73 percent and in cycle II it was 86 percent. This shows that there was an increase in the level of student activity by 13 percent. From the average results in cycle II, it can be seen that the implementation of learning using the problem-based learning (PBL) method is in the very good category because both have increased. The results of the research show that the application of the problem-based learning (PBL) method is very appropriate for increasing the learning activities of class VII G students at SMPN 12 Madiun City.