Improving Student Learning Outcomes through Contextual Approach based on Learning Community

Abstract

This study aims to improve student learning outcomes through the implementation of contextual approaches based on learning community in SMP Negeri 3 Tanjung in 2017/2018 Academic Year. This research is a classroom action research. Actions are carried out through two cycles, each cycle consisting of the process of planning, implementation, observation, and reflection. The instrument used was a multiple-choice test instrument. The subjects of this study were 26 students of class VIII-4 of SMP Negeri 3 Tanjung. The results of the study showed that in the cycle I the percentage of completeness of student learning outcomes was 76% with an average score of 74.23, while in the cycle II the percentage of completeness of student learning outcomes was 92% with an average score of 85.34. Based on the results of the study it can be concluded that the implementation of contextual approaches based on learning community can improve student learning outcomes.

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“…If measurements are made on the same group of subjects repeatedly and the findings are largely the same, the results are reliable as long as the measured characteristics of the subjects remain consistent and do not change. The ability of an evaluation instrument to consistently evaluate what is being evaluated is known as reliability (Ariana, 2016) .…”