Nurul Ilmarsah Rustam, Ahmad Fauzi, Syafriani
Integrated science learning is a concept that can be thought of as a learning approach that connects concepts in science to provide a more meaningful learning experience to students. all these scientific concepts can be linked to textbooks. Textbooks are the main source of learning that learners should use. This study aims to describe the improvement of the competence of learners after using the earthquake disaster of Junior high school integrated (SMP) earthquake with the type of connected problem solving problem SSCS. The method used is pre-test, post-test design, n gain and effect size with one group using class as research subject. In the competence of pre-test knowledge is given before the treatment to measure the problem of students' initial understanding, while the post-test is given to measure the final understanding of the students as for the competence of responsiveness and skill seen classical mastery. The subject of this research is the students of class VII of SMP Negeri 4 Padang. The results show that there is a very effective use to improve student responsiveness and skills. On score n gain shows student's knowledge competence categorized increase significantly and high and effect size is in category with great influence. © 2019 Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.
Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Negeri Padang, Jl. Prof. Hamka, Padang, 25131, Indonesia
