DEVELOPING THEMATIC WORKSHEET BASED ON PROJECT FOR THE SUB TOPIC OF LINGKUNGAN TEMPAT TINGGALKU TO IMPROVE LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT FOR 4TH GRADE STUDENT OF SD NEGERI 020259 IN SUBDISTRICT OF EAST BINJAI

Abstract

Developing thematic worksheet based on project is conveyed in accordance to the implementation of Kurikulum 2013. This study was done to develop such worksheet for 4^th grade students at SD Negeri 020259, and to investigate the effectiveness of the worksheet in improving students’ learning achievement. This research was conducted as Research and Development study formative evaluation model. The instrument used consisted of validating questionnaire, teachers’ responses questionnaire, students’ responses questionnaire, and test of achievement. Then, the data analyses were done by validating analysis by experts, analysis of practicality from questionnaires for students and teachers, and analysis of effectivity for the result of pretest and posttest. The analyses were carried by three steps: (1) self-evaluation for design, (2) prototyping by the expert review, one to one and small group trials, and (3) field test. The result indicated improvement by means of 30% on the experimental class, while the control class only achieved 17%. Then, there was also significant and positive influence of the worksheet toward improvement of learning achievement. Finally, the worksheet was also considered as practical media for learning, as 81% of teachers and 86% of students admitted it through the questionnaire of responses.

Keywords: Thematic Worksheet, Formative Evaluation Model, Learning Achievement