Improving The learning Activity and The Skill of Developing Physics Instructional Media to The Students of Physics Education Program Faculty of Teacher Training and Education Jember University Even Semester Year 2007-2008

Abstract

This study was the classroom action research about the increasing the activity and skill of developing physics instructional media to the students of Physics Education Program Faculty of Teacher Training and Education Jember University Even Semester Year 2007- 2008 through Student Teams Achievement Division (STAD). The study aimed to increase students‘ learning activity and to improve their skill in developing high school physics instructional media through STAD. This study was conducted in the subject of physics instructional media, even semester year 2007-2008. This research used two cycles, in wich each cycle had four stages of activities: The planning of the action, the implementation of the action, class observation and evaluation, and reflection.The action given was teaching media creation skill through STAD. Class observation was carried out to observe students‘ learning activity (classroom situation) and process evaluation was done to evaluate the students‘ work (skill in developing high school physics instructional media). In cycle I, the mean score students‘ activity was 63 (low category) and the mean score students‘ skill in developing high school physics instructional media was 60 (low category). In cycle II, the mean score students‘ activity was 82 (high category) and the mean score students‘ skill in developing high school physics instructional media was 78 (high category).