Biosaintifika: Journal of Biology & Biology Education
Vol 15, No 1 (2023): April 2023

Effectiveness of a Teaching Material: News-Based Teaching of Mount Ungaran




Article Info

Publish Date
15 Apr 2023

Abstract

The news-based teaching is a teaching material that contains news integrated with the results of exploring the biodiversity on Mount Ungaran for high school students in  Biology subject. Teaching materials were prepared based on the results of the needs analysis. Early observation of High School 12 Semarang students showed that Biology learning sources were still insufficient to achieve basic competence. This study aimed to develop valid news-based teaching material of Mount Ungaran Biodiversity using the research and development (RD) method for effective cognitive, psychomotor, and affective learning outcomes. The research method subjected the students of High School 12 Semarang to explore the biodiversity news of Mount Ungaran on the websites. Also, the students searched the information from Research Development (RD). The results showed that (1) news-based teaching material on Mount Ungaran biodiversity was valid and appropriate as a learning source (96%), (2) and it was effective to improve the students’ cognitive, psychomotor, and affective learning outcomes of biodiversity topic.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

biosaintifika

Publisher

Subject

Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry

Description

Biosaintifika Journal of Biology & Biology Education, an electronic international journal, provides a forum for publishing the original research articles, review articles from contributors, and the novel technology news related to biological research and biological ...