PENINGKATAN HASIL BELAJAR IPA DENGAN MENGGUNAKAN
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The aim of this research is to describe the improvement result of learning IPA (science) by using contextual learning approach in the fourth grade students of SD Islam Jihad Padang Panjang. The research was conducted in two cycles, each cycle consist of three times meetings. Based on the results of the study showed that students' cognitive learning at the end of the test cycle of the average value of 67.93 with complete 58.62% in the 1st cycle increased to 81.38 with complete 82.76% in the 2nd cycle. Student’s result of learning in the affective aspects, is 53.45% in the 1st cycle increased to 84.49% in the 2nd cycle. Student’s result of learning in psychomotor aspects, is 50% in the 1st cycle increased to79,31% in the 2nd cycle. Based on the research it can concluded that learning science by using a contextual learning approach can improve student’s result of learning in elementary school fourth grade students of SD Islam Jihad Padang Panjang. It recommended to teachers in learning science with contextual learning approaches can be used as one approach to learning in primary schools by accounting the time as efficiently as possible.
Key Words : science, learning ,contextual
