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have with neighbors thus ensuring the survival of the families and the
community. The members of the
community are all related and give utmost respect to elders. This
makes them “one family” living
with unconditional kindness and generosity. When conflict arises,
the elders and various relatives are the one who decide how to settle
matters” This is an example of simple life style that can
be adapted in chemistry class. It is done by grouping the students into some groups. There is the special
group that consists of class leader then we call himher as lurah, a treasurer then we call himher
as kaur keuangan, a secretary will be named carik,
and a religion expert is named kaum. This group leads the other groups. They live in harmony like in
a community when they join chemistry learning. Everyone that is smarter will be kind to help hisher
friends to solve the problems in chemistry. They learn about governmental system, local wisdom,
discussion, problem solving, and chemistry learning in this activity. They will help each other and make
a very good friendship in society. Community can also build an otonomi daerah regional autonomy.
It is a freedom to manage a region to be more independent in its own way.
Developing the Local Wisdom
In this chemistry learning, students are asked to learn Purworejo’s local wisdom that is integrated in
chemistry learning. They are asked to plan what they like to do to develop their region by using local
wisdom and relating it to chemistry learning. This activity is to make them more creative in developing
their region based on chemistry learning. This is done by writing article
Students’ Achievement
[9] states: “student achievement is the
basic of every aspect of education. It gives direction to all educational
improvement, efforts. It provides the foundation
for educational
accountability program, and serves as the primary outcome variable in
most educational research studies. The phrase student achievement is
included in the titles of over 2,000 research studies and reports listed
in
the Education
Resources Information Center ERIC System.
The activity done by the students will product a change in
themselves and include cognitive, affective, and skill. The learning
achievement gotten by the students is measured according to the
students’ behavior before and after learning. One of indicators of
change is able to be seen from final mark at the end of semester. ”
Students’ achievement is the data obtained for the objective of this study. It gives the
information of the improvement in learning.