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The river plays important role in daily life of the Banjarese people, Indonesia. Unfortunately, the consciousness of the people to keep the rivers clean is still low. Hence, the amount of the rivers in Banjarmasin are getting decrease and the river water quality is getting poor. The study aims to improve students’ awareness of river environment and science process skills by designing learning strategies which integrate 4 subjects, Science, Indonesian language, English, and Civics education. This research employed Research and Development with 4- D model. The learning design was tried out by using 100 junior high school students. The data were collected by questionnaires and a science process skill test. Analyzing the data was conducted by percentage and descriptive technique. The results showed that the integrated learning strategy developed in this research is valid, practically used, and effective to develop students’ awareness of river environment and science process skills. Four weeks after the learning was completed, students’ awareness of river environment remains high. Students’ process skills in observing, collecting data, and concluding develop higher compared to other skills. Further research is needed to find out more justified evidence by implementing the strategy involving other subjects.
Keywords: integrated learning, awareness of river environment, science process skills |
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