PENGARUH PENGGUNAAN STRATEGI BELAJAR AKTIF TIPE LISTENING TEAM DAN PENGETAHUAN AWAL TERHADAP HASIL BELAJAR BIOLOGI SISWA KELAS X SMAN 2 KOTO BARU KABUPATEN DHARMASRAYA

Abstract

This research was conducted based on the problems found in the preliminary observation done at SMAN 2 Koto Baru Kabupaten Darmasraya. From the observation it was known that the learning process was mainly teacher-centered, the students were less active in learning, unwilling to ask questions and had low previous knowledge. This research was aimed at revealing the effect of using Listening Team active learning strategy and previous knowledge on the students’ learning achievement in Biology in class X of SMAN 2 Koto Baru Kabupaten Dharmasraya.

This was a quasi experimental research which used factorial design. The population of the research was the students in class X of SMAN 2 Koto Baru Kabupaten Dharmasraya. By using purposive sampling technique class X₅ was chosen as the experimental class and class X₁ as the control one. The experimental class was treated by using Listening Team active learning strategy while the control class was taught by using conventional method. After the treatment given, an evaluation on cognitive aspect was given to both classes.

The result of the research revealed that 1) learning achievement of the students taught by using Listening Team active learning strategy was betterr than that of students taught by using conventional method, 2) learning achievement of the students having high previous knowledge taught by using Listening Team active learning strategy was better than that of students having high previous knowledge taught by using conventional method, 3) learning achievement of the students having low previous knowledge taught by using Listening Team active learning strategy was better than that of students having low previous knowledge taught by using conventional method, and 4) there was no  interaction between learning strategy and previous knowledge in affecting the students’ learning achievement.