The effectiveness of learning using social media to improve student's communication skills in waves topics

Abstract

The purposes of this research to measure effectiveness of learning media assisted by social media to improve students' communication skills on wave concept. The research method is an experimental research method, which applies the design of One Group Pre-test-Post-test with problem-based learning model. This research is conducted at SMP Negeri 1 Limboto to the 28 samples. The findings show that the average of students' communication skills has differences. It is shown by the result of N-Gain of 0,62 which is in moderate category. Based on the result, it can be concluded that the learning set assisted by social media is effective to improve students' learning skills on the wave subjects.