IMPROVEMENT OF BIOLOGY LEARNING OUTCOMES IN ECOLOGY MATERIAL BY USING CREATIVE METHODS PROJECT TEAM FOR CLASS X IPA 8 STUDENTS OF SMAN 1 YOGYAKARTA

Abstract

The research is based on the results of observations in the learning process, especially in the environment of class XIPA8. The students often only understand the theory of ecological problems yet cannot apply them in their daily lives. This issue can be addressed by conducting a class research using creative methods that will be done by groups of ecological project team. This method emphasizes learning activities that are relatively long duration, holistically interdisciplinary, student-centered and integrated with real-world practices and issues. This group will be given an assignment and guidance on how to make ecological-themed miniseries drama. The results show that the ecological project team's creative method in the form of an ecology-themed drama miniseries is able to improve student achievement outcomes in various aspects of abilities, both cognitive, psychomotor and affective. The average score increased from 83 to 95. The average affective assessment results in cycle I were 2.2 (adequate category) and in cycle II 3.8 (very good). While the psychomotor assessment also increased in the first cycle the average was 79.2, while in the second cycle was 86.