R. Rinto, R.S. Iswari, P. Marwoto, A. Rasyid
The present study examines the implementation of learning cycle-based ethnobotany to the concept of plant classification. This study aims to portray the effectiveness of learning cycle-based ethnobotany in improving the science process skillss of the pharmaceutical vocational students and to obtain the students and teachers' responses about its implementation. This study applies a quasi-experimental method with the randomized pretest-posttest control group design for the students in the tenth grade of pharmaceutical vocational schools around Cirebon Regency. The sampling technique was conducted by cluster random sampling. Then, several procedures of data collection were used which included pretest and posttest, observation sheets to assess the learning process and questionnaires to acquire the students and teachers' responses about the implementation of learning cycle-based ethnobotany. The data was analyzed through t-test statistics for mean differences. The results revealed that the average values of N-gain for the science process skillss we are 0.402 for the control class and 0.487 for the experimental class. The highest value of N-gain the control class achieveds was 0.561 while the lowest value reacheds 0.093. Both the students and the teachers provided positive responses toward its implementation. In conclusion, learning cycle-based ethnobotany can more significantly improve the science process skillss of the pharmaceutical vocational students than conventional learning can. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.
Post Graduate Program State Universitas Negeri Semarang, Indonesia
