Contextual Teaching Learning with Discovery Methods to Increase Motivation, Creativity, and Outcomes Learning science Students in elementary school

Abstract

The purpose of this Classroom Action research is to increase motivation, creativity and learning outcomes of science by using the Discovery Contextual Teaching Learning method. This research was conducted at SDN 004 Samarinda Ulu. The research subjects of class VI students were 33 students. The study was conducted in 3 cycles; each cycle consisted of 4 stages. The technique of collecting data used observation, tests, and documentation. Data analysis techniques used modes and percentages. The results showed that the use of Contextual Teaching Learning with the Discovery method could increase motivation by the percentage of cycle I: 62.00%, cycle II: 78.00% and cycle III: 82.00%. The Contextual Teaching Learning method Discovery increased student creativity with a percentage of Cycle I: 60.00 %, cycle II: 81.66%, cycle III: 96.00%. Science learning outcomes using the Contextual Teaching Learning Discovery method have increased. This can be seen from the number of student completeness and the percentage of completeness, Cycle I completed 14 students percentage 42.42%, cycle II completed 22 students percentage 66.66% cycle III completed 29 students percentage 87.87%. The learning outcomes of science, using the Contextual Teaching Learning Discovery method, could be seen from the number of student completeness and the percentage of completeness. The conclusion of this study showed that there is an increase in motivation, creativity and learning outcomes, of science students, using the Discover Contextual Teaching Learning method.