The Efforts to Improve Environmental Attitudes of Students using Problem Based Learning Model

Abstract

Background: a student's attitude of care for the environment is either a affective competence or the value of a outlook on life that the student has in addressing conditions that are occurring in his or her surroundings. The purpose of this best practices is in an effort to improve the viic grade affective competencies in the neighborhoods in the junior state of sukabumi. Method: this study applies the class action study method with a quantitative approach to study subjects of 38 students. The instruments used are the beneficiary competence competencies of learners to the ward, teacher and student interviews, and student responses to learning. The affective competence of participants based on this study includes 3 indicators of 1) being conscious and thankful, 2) being curious, critical thingking, and caring for the environment, and 3 being prudly employed by materials that could polluter the environment. Results: research shows cycle I that the average percentage of the scores of positive attitudes of concern students have toward the environment increased after applying the model of learning problem based learning from 56.08% to 66.71%. And the average percentage of students' negative towards the environment is declined after a model of learning problem based learning from 43.92 % to 33.29%. Then, at the second cycle, treatment is remitting by using a different mind mapping on learning, and the average percentage of the score of the students' positive attitude toward the environment is increasing after the model of based learning problem is implemented, using the mind mapping has increased from 66.71% to 86.02%. Conclusion: faculty competence after treatment of learning with the problem of based learning has increased by 66.71%, learners respond favorably to learning the problem of based learning. In this case learners feel motivated to actively study, be active, increase curiosity and improve students' affective competence in the ward.

Keywords : Classroom Action Research; Afectiv; Problem based Learning; Climate Change