PEMBELAJARAN IPA TERPADU MENGGUNAKAN PENDEKATAN SCIENCE WRITING HEURISTIC UNTUK MENINGKATKAN KEMAMPUAN KOMUNIKASI TULISAN SISWA SMP

Abstract

This study investigated the effect of integrated science learning using Science Writing Heuristic (SWH) approach to enhance students’ ability in written communication. Participated by 46 students of grade 8 of a junior high school in West Sumatra whose purposively sampled, the study used a quasi-experiment with static group pretest-posttest design. Dat a were gathered from written communication test developed for pretest and posttes. The result of data analysis showed that there were significant effect of implementing the integrated science learning using SWH approach in enhancing the ability of students ’ written communication. The mean gain of experimental group is 0,8, which is higher than the control group (0,6).