Improving Student Achievement Using Flipchart Based Cooperative Learning in Tulungagung

Abstract

This study aims at improving student learning achievement using flip chart medium design based on cooperative learning method. To prove this goal, this study is focused on (1) knowing the effectiveness of learning media (flip chart) applied to thematic subjects for grade 2 elementary schools in Rejotangan District on student learning outcomes; (2) finding out whether there is an influence of the use of flip chart learning medium on the thematic subjects learning outcomes of grade 2 elementary school students in Rejotangan Districts. The population of this study was 12 elementary school institutions in Rejotangan, Tulungagung subdistrict, by setting 4 schools as samples which were divided into 2 schools as experimental classes (flip chart learning design) and 2 schools as control classes (conventional learning). The sample selection is done using a simple random sampling technique and the data analysis techniques carried out descriptively and inferentially. The results of this study indicate that flip chart learning medium based on cooperative learning method can be said to be quite effective in improving student learning outcomes. This is evidenced by using the N-Gain Score test with a significance level of 62%, while conventional media is not effectively applied to thematic subjects with a percentage of 8%. Furthermore, Mann Whitney test results show that the significance score is 0.00. Therefore, it can be seen that there is a positive influence on the use of flip chart learning medium on learning outcomes in thematic subject of grade 2 elementary school in Tulungagung subdistrict. The results recommend that using cooperative learning with flip chart as a medium is very effective in improving student learning outcomes on thematic subjects of elementary schools lower graders.