Pengaruh Penggunaan Pembelajaran Kontekstual dengan Teknik SQ4R terhadap Peningkatan Kemampuan Pemahaman dan Berpikir Kritis Matematis Siswa SMP Negeri 8 Kota Tasikmalaya

摘要

This pre-post randomly control group experimental study aimed at investigating the effect of Contextual Learning with SQ4R on the improvement of students mathematical understanding and critical thinking. The population of this study was all grade VIII students in SMP Negeri 8 Tasikmalaya while the randomly selected sample was two classes. One class was assigned as experimental group, treated through Contextual Learning with SQR4, and the other class as control group treated through conventional learning. Prior and after the treatment, test of mathematical understanding and critical thinking related to three dimentional flat surface were admisnistered to both groups. Normalized gain test and t-test were used to analyse the data. Results showed that mathematical understanding and critical thinking of students treated through Contextual Learning with SQ4R improved better than those treated through conventional learning. In additrion, there was also significant correlation between students mathematical understanding and critical thinking ability.