THE EFFECT OF INTEGRATED CHARACTER EDUCATION IN PROBLEM SOLVING STRATEGY TO STUDENTS RESPONSIBILITY AND PHYSICS PROBLEM SOLVING COMPETENCY

Abstract

Encountered problem at school under research is student”s low ability in physics problem solving and low responsibility in completing assignment. The objectives of this research are to know:(1) the effect of character education implementation in improving students responsibility using problem solving strategy, (2) the effect of character education implementation in improving student’s problem solving competency of physics problem. The research method was quasi experimental, using one experimental with the implementation of problem solving strategy with character education, and one control class with problem solving strategy without character education. Students responsibility data was obtained by direct observation using observation sheet and psychology test, and physics problem-solving competency was obtained using essay test. The data was analyzed using chi-square. These results indicate that implementation of character education give effect to the improvement of students responsibility and student’s problem-solving competency of experimental class is also better than students of control class.

Key words: character education, physics, problem solving strategy, responsibility