THE USE OF BOOK CREATOR IN THE BLENDED LEARNING MODEL IN SOCIAL STUDIES LEARNING

Abstract

This research used a descriptive qualitative approach. The instruments of collecting data in this research included observation, interview, and documentation. Observation was used to gain the data including students ‘condition in participating social science teaching and learning process as data. The population of this research was the seventh grade students including and all of the number of the population was 298 students, then the researcher took only two classes (67 students) as the purposive sampling because it represented 20%-25% from all the population. Then observation and documentation was used to gain the planning and the steps of implementing of teaching model of blended learning using book creator in the materials the role of information and technology in the economics activities in order to increase the students’ learning activity of the seventh grade of Senior High School 3 Kedungwaru. Next, the interview was used the students’ responses on  the implementation of teaching model of blended learning using book creator in the materials of the role of information and technology in the economics activities in order to increase the students’ learning activity of the seventh grade of Senior High School 3 Kedungwaru. The result of study showed that theimplementation of teaching using blended learning based on book creator of the role of information and technology in the economics activities could create a new learning in teaching social science. Instead of that condition, the students were involved actively in discussion activity and presentation, and then the result of discussion of the role of information and technology in the economics activities could be conducted by altogether with the classmates smoothly. Furthermore, they supposed that teaching and learning of social science using teaching model blended learning based on book creator could ease the students to understand the material of teaching learning social science.