Abstract:
This study aims to determine the effectiveness of the learning cycle model to
the mastery of concepts and basic skills of scientific work on biology learning class
VII SMP Negeri 20 Pekanbaru. This study was conducted in March-June 2013. This
is a type of quasi-experimental study with a sample of class VII
1
as control class and
class VII
3
as the experimental class. The parameters used in the study are the mastery
of concepts and students' basic skill of scientific work. To determine students'
mastery of concepts given in the form of pre test and post test while to learn the basic
skills of students of scientific work carried out by observations. Analysis was done by
descriptive analysis and inferential data by t-test. The results showed significant
differences between the experimental class concept mastery and control class (thit
3,73
> ttable
1,99). There are significant differences in the basic skills of scientific work
between the experimental class and the control class (t
hit
3.37 > ttable
1.99 ). Based on
the researched, learning cycle model is effective against the mastery of concepts and
basic skills of scientific work class VII student of SMP Negeri 20 Pekanbaru.
