Penerapan Metode Eksperimen Berbantuan Laboratorium Virtual untuk Meningkatkan Keterampilan Prosedural Peserta Didik Kelas VIII SMP Islam Al-Azhar 24 Makassar

Abstract

This study aims to: 1) To determine the procedural skills of students before and after being taught the experimental method assisted by a virtual laboratory; 2) To determine the procedural skills of students before after being taught without using the experimental method assisted by a virtual laboratory; 3) To determine the improvement of students' procedural skills after being taught the virtual laboratory-assisted experimental method. This type of research is a Quasi-Experiment using Nonequivalent Control Group Design. The population of students in class VIII of Al-Azhar 24 Makassar Islamic Junior High School consisting of 2 classes with 19 students each, the sample was selected by purposive sampling, with 2 classes, namely class VIII B as the control class and class VIII A as the experimental class. The research instrument was in the form of Procedural Skills test questions. Data collection is done by giving Pre-test and Post-test. Data were analyzed with descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. The results of descriptive statistical analysis of experimental class procedural skills had a higher score than the control class and for the results of inferential statistical analysis found that Ho was rejected and H1 was accepted. H1 states that the procedural skills of Class VIII students of Al-Azhar 24 Islamic Junior High School in Makassar who are taught using experimental methods assisted by virtual laboratories are higher than students who are taught without using experimental methods assisted by virtual laboratories. So it can be concluded that the experimental method assisted by a virtual laboratory has an effect on the procedural skills of class VIII students of Al-Azhar 24 Makassar Islamic Junior High School.