The Development of Academic Achievement of Islamic History on the 4 Rightly Guided Caliphs Using Jigsaw Cooperative Learning Technique (JCLT) For Islamic Beginning Level 6 Students

Abstract

The purposes of this research were : 1. to determine the efficiency of the Islamic History on The 4 Rightly Guided Caliphs by using Jigsaw Cooperative Learning Technique (JCLT) for Islamic beginning level 6 students, 2. to compare academic achievements of students before and after being taught by JCLT, 3. to compare learning achievements of students taught by JCLT and the conventional approach, and 4. to evaluate the students’ satisfaction towards using JCLT. The samples are Islamic Beginning Level 6 Students at Tabingtigi School, who attended class in semester 1 and academic years of B.E. 2555. The study was designed to examine the Pretest – Posttest score and dividing the samples into two groups : control and treatment group. The research instruments were 1. the JCLT’s lesson plans, 2. an academic achievement test on teaching Islamic History, and 3. an assessment of students’ satisfaction toward JCLT. The data was analyzed using percentage, mean, S.D. and dependent t-test. Results of the study indicated that: by 1. the academic achievement score of Islamic History on The 4 Rightly Guided Caliphs by using JCLT was 83.52/88.40, 2. the posttest score of students taught by JCLT was significantly higher than pretest score at p-value 0.01, 3. the academic achievement of students taught by JCLT were significantly higher than students taught by the conventional approach at p-value 0.05, and 4. students’ satisfactions towards the JCLT were the highest.