Study of Learning Style and its Relation to the Biology Learning Competence of Student in Rumbai District in Academic Year 2017/2018

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10.2991/assehr.k.200824.120How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Learning style, biology, learning competence

Abstract

Learning style is one of the students’ characteristics that must be considered by the teacher. Learning style is ability of a person to absorb and manage knowledge or information in order to achieve learning achievement and improve the competence of students. One of the causes of low competency students is the students do not know the learning style that they have and educators pay less attention to the learning styles. This study aims to show the students’ learning styles of audio, visual and kinesthetic in MtsRumbai and show the relationship between students’ learning styles in Biology to the students’ learning competencies. The type of this research is correlation descriptive study. The data is qualitative and quantitative data. Quantitative data obtained from questionnaires, observation and documentation of student learning outcomes, while qualitative data obtained from interviews with Biology teachers. The sample in this study was the eighth grade students of MTs Rumbai consist of 3 MTs and 2 Islamic Boarding Schools with 348 students of 14 classes. The data were analyzed by using simple regression analysis to explain the effect of learning styles toward learning outcomes of students. The result of this study showed that the students’ learning styles of MTs Rumbai in visual category is 15.8 (57.4%) in the auditory category is 14.5 (24.9%) and in kinesthetic category is 13.6 (18.2%). Based on the simple regression correlation test, it is known that there is a strong relationship between learning styles and students’ learning outcomes of Biology in MTs Rumbai. Teachers should pay attention to the learning styles of students so that learning activities become more interesting and useful for the students.

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AU  - Saharuddin
AU  - Ramadhan Sumarmin
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/08/25
TI  - Study of Learning Style and its Relation to the Biology Learning Competence of Student in Rumbai District in Academic Year 2017/2018
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st Progress in Social Science, Humanities and Education Research Symposium (PSSHERS 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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SN  - 2352-5398
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