LEARNING STRATEGY AND FORMATIVE TEST

THE EFFECTS OF LEARNING STRATEGY AND FORMATIVE TEST ON THE STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOME
ABSTRACT

The objectives of this study is to find out the effects of the learning strategy and the formative test on the learning outcome in mathematics. The quasi-experiment with 2x2 factorial design was used in this research. A cluster random sampling was used for 80 students of grade-2 at the State Junior High Schools number 11 and 19 in Jakarta in 2009-2010. The independent variables were the learning strategy and formative test, and for the dependent variables were learning outcome. The strategy used were the information mapping, and conventional strategy, and the test were multiple choice and essay. The results showed the fallowings: (1) the information mapping strategy is more effective than the conventional way, (2) the multiple choice is better than essay test, (3) there was found an interaction between the learning strategy with the formative test, (4) information mapping strategy with the multiple choice test gave lower result than the conventional strategy with similar test, (5) the mapping strategy showed a better result by the multiple than conventional strategy with multiple choice test, (6) information mapping strategy showed a better results with multiple choice than with essay, and (7) the conventional strategy with multiple choice showed a better result than with essay. These research results may use to improve the student learning outcome in the schools by information mapping strategy and formative test.

Keywords : math learning outcome, learning strategy test types, junior high school student