Increasing Islamic Junior High School Students Learning Outcomes through Integration of Science Learning and Islamic Values

Authors : Nining Purwati; Susriyati Mahanal; Siti Zubaidah; Aloysius Duran Corebima
article cite 55 Year 2018
source: International Journal of Instruction
Abstract

Learning results are influenced by several factors, including learning strategies. Islamic values-integrated learning is one of the strategies that can be applied to improve students' learning results. Science learning integrated with Islamic values provides the opportunity for students to relate the science knowledge with their concepts and experiences in real life as Muslims, so that students can feel that their learning is meaningful. This research is a quasi-experimental research aims to investigate the effect of science learning integrated with Islamic values on students' learning results. The learning materials taught in this research were substances and the changes, temperature and heat, and energy in living systems. The population of this research was seventh grade students of Islamic Junior High School (MTs) in West Lombok, Indonesia, which were taken by using cluster random sampling technique. The data were analysed using ANCOVA. The results of this research showed that science learning integrated with Islamic values had a significant effect on students' learning results with p = 0.032, and its' corrected mean score was 15.196 % higher than that of the students taught by using the conventional learning.


Concepts :
Education and Critical Thinking Development
Education and Islamic Studies
Education and Character Development
article cite 55 Year 2018 source International Journal of Instruction
SDGs
Quality Education
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