ANALISIS DAN REMEDIASI MISKONSEPSI SISWA MENGGUNAKANMULTIMEDIA INTERAKTIF BERBANTUAN TUTOR SEBAYA PADA TOPIK FOTOSINTESIS SEKOLAH MENENGAH ATAS

Abstract

The objectives of this research are to analyze the studentsŸ misconceptions on topic
photosynthesis for each cognitive level and to know if the misconceptions remediation by using
interactive multimedia and peer tutoringgive effect in decreasing studentsŸ misconceptionon topic
photosynthesis in SMA Swasta Nurul Iman Tanjung Morawa. Sample of this research are 56 students
of science class XII. The types of this research are the descriptive research and pre-experimental
research with one group pretest-posttest design. The technique of data collecting was the two tiers
multiple choice closed reasoning diagnostic tests, consist of 45 questions which was used as pretest
and posttest. The findingsshow that the students getting misconception on topic photosynthesis in
high category of misconception by percentage 66%. The highest percentage of studentsŸ
misconception is at cognitive level 6, by percentage 76%. After treatment the results obtained that
misconceptions remediation by using interactive multimedia and peer tutoring decrease studentsŸ
misconception as many as 47% which is from 66% to 19%. Hypothesis testing showed that tcount
(3.969) > ttable (0.05)(55) (1.673), it means that H0 was rejected and Ha accepted. It can be concluded that
studentsŸ misconceptions remediation by using interactive multimedia and peer tutoring give effect in
decreasing studentsŸ misconception on topic photosynthesis in science class XII SMA Swasta Nurul
Iman Tanjung Morawa.
Keywords: interactive multimedia, misconception, peer tutoring, photosynthesis