PENERAPAN MODEL PEMBELAJARAN KOOPERATIF TIPE WRITEPAIR-SQUARE (WPS) TERHADAP PENINGKATAN HASIL BELAJAR SISWA PADA KONSEP GERAK TUMBUHAN DI KELAS VIII SMPN 19 PEKANBARU T. A. 2013/2014)

The aim of this research was to know about the influence of
cooperative learning type write-pair-square to the improving students learning
achievement the plant irritability concept. This research be realized was
conducted in October-November of 2013 at SMPN 19 Pekanbaru. The research
design used was Quasi Experiment pretest posttest control group design. The
sample of research did pretest, posttest, student and teacher activity as data
collection. The sample determine in to 2 classes by purposive sampling
technique. Data analysis techniques used in this research can be a t-test when the
normal data and homogeneous, U Mann-Whitney test if the data is not normal or
not homogeneous. The average of N-Gain in the class control 0,48 (medium) and
in the experiment class 0,70 (high). Based on the U Mann-Whitney test score, it
was found that N-Gain score was significantly different between experimental
class and control class. It can be concluded, that there are significant cooperative
write-pair-square to the improving the students learning achievement of class VIII
SMPN 19 Pekanbaru in the plant irritability concept at academic year 2013/2014.
Keywords: Write-Pair-Square, learning achievement, plant irritability