Evaluation of Scientific Approach on Economics in SMA Negeri 2 Malang

Abstract

This research aims to: 1) describeteachers’ difficulty level in constructing and learning process by using scientific approach; 2) analyze the benefits of students’ text books in Economics both for the students and teachers’ guidance text books; and 3) know the motivation and students learning activity.

This research is a quantitative descriptive design. The subjects of this research are Economics teachers in SMA N 2 Malang. In this research, the researchers are the key instruments who collect the data by interviewing, observing, and giving questionnaires. The data are analyzed by reducing, displaying, and verifying.

The results show that: 1) teachers feel there seem to be difficulties in making the construction and applying the scientific approach from the Economics books, especially in applying authentic scoring; 2) both students and teachers cannot get the benefit yet from the Economics text books; and 3) scientific approach can raise motivation and students’ learning activity.

Keywords: evaluationof implementation, scientific approach, Economics