The development of student worksheet by using discoverybased approach: A case study in learning media course

Abstract

With regard to the national curriculum for the primary and secondary school, the Department of Mathematics of Universitas Negeri Surabaya through Indonesian National Qualification Framework (KKNI) has tried to accommodate the demands of the National Curriculum 2013. The department proposed an innovation through Learning Media course. This study aims at producing student worksheet which had been developed by students themselves by using a discovery-based approach. It adopted Plomp's model of developmental research. Thirty-eight students participated in this study. Research instruments used were validation sheet and student worksheets. This study produced 11 student worksheets for junior high school and eight student worksheets for senior high school. The results showed that discovery activity matched learning objectives and student worksheet involved students' initial knowledge. Furthermore, it revealed that discovery stage matched student's cognitive development. The finding also showed that discovery activity guided students to make a conclusion and the answers for student worksheets were correct and matched the worksheets. However, student worksheet still had several grammatical errors; therefore, revision was needed.