Improving the Communication Skills of Grade VII Students for Animals Classification and Set by Using STEM Approach

I. N. Setiawan*, M. Roostika, S. Utami, H. Julie, & A. H. Panuluh
*x_san_23@yahoo.com
SMP N 1 Yogyakarta, SMP N 15 Yogyakarta, Universitas Sanata Dharma
DOI: 10.24071/seadr.2019.14

Abstract. Communication ability is one of the most important abilities in the 21st century, but at this time students’ ability to communicate is very limited. The STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) approach helps teachers integrate between science, technology, engineering and mathematics in learning. Learning using the STEM approach makes the knowledge possessed by students intact and able to create effective communication in various forms and contents verbally, written, and using multimedia. This study aims to describe the communication skills of 34 students of Grade VII D on Science and Mathematics subjects with the STEM approach. The research method used is design research (data collection instrument method) The results of the study are in the form of presentations in the form of science and mathematics subjects. This research was conducted at Yogyakarta State Middle School 1 for grade VII students. The results of the study indicate that students’ communication skills can be trained structurally indicated by the results of the videos made. The average score of 28 shows good value. The results of this study indicate that science and mathematics learning with the STEM approach has the potential to develop students’ communication skills.

Keywords: communication skills, STEM

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Improving the Communication Skills of Grade VII Students for Animals Classification and Set by Using STEM Approach

Setiawan, I. N., Roostika, M., Utami, S., Julie, H., & Panuluh, A. H. (2020). Improving the Communication Skills of Grade VII Students for Animals Classification and Set by Using STEM Approach. In Y. D. Kristanto, A. H. Panuluh, B. Utomo, & P. Angelina (Eds.), Companion Proceedings of the 7th South East Asia Design Research International Conference (SEADRIC 2019) (pp. 98–104). Yogyakarta: Sanata Dharma University Press. doi: 10.24071/seadr.2019.14


Setiawan, I., et al. “Improving the Communication Skills of Grade VII Students for Animals Classification and Set by Using STEM Approach.” Companion Proceedings of the 7th South East Asia Design Research International Conference (SEADRIC 2019), edited by Yosep Dwi Kristanto et al., Sanata Dharma University Press, Yogyakarta, 2020, pp. 98–104.


Setiawan, I. N., M. Roostika, S. Utami, H. Julie, & A. H. Panuluh. “Improving the Communication Skills of Grade VII Students for Animals Classification and Set by Using STEM Approach.” In Companion Proceedings of the 7th South East Asia Design Research International Conference (SEADRIC 2019), edited by Yosep Dwi Kristanto, Albertus Hariwangsa Panuluh, Beni Utomo, and Patricia Angelina, 98–104. Yogyakarta: Sanata Dharma University Press, 2020. https://doi.org/10.24071/seadr.2019.14.


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