IMPROVING COMMUNICATION ABILITY AND LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT IN BIOLOGY LEARNING STRATEGY WITH USING JIGSAW

Learning Strategies is one of the subjects Biology expertise for students of International Standard Teacher Education (ISTE) program. Learning strategies biology course that have been done have not been satisfied in the aspects of communication skills and learning achievement. Observations during the learning process informed that the presence of difficulties in communication either in the form of asking, expressing opinions, answering questions, and explaing. In fact, communication is a fundamental skill in implementing the learning. One attempt that can be done to improve communication skills and learning outcomes is to implement a model of Cooperative Learning Jigsaw. This study aims to improve communication skills, improve learning outcomes, and indirectly practice English usage, teaching skills, skills in preparing lesson plans, and developing and using instructional media. This type of research is clasroom action research which is conducted in two cycles. This research instrument in the form of sheets of observations, achievement test, and record the activity of communication. Student's ability in communicating was analyzed using a percentage formula. The results showed that the ability to communicate with students in Cycle I (mean = 81.25%%) and Cycle II (mean = 87.50%). Average of student learning achievment Cycle I and Cycle II 61.94% 78.94 subsequently. It can be concluded that the application of the Jigsaw cooperative learning model could improve communication skills and student learning achievements