Suhaedir Bachtiar, Siti Zubaidah, Aloysius Duran Corebima, Sri Endah Indriwati
This research aimed to investigate the spiritual and social attitudes of students with different academic abilities towards four educational models: problem based learning (PBL); numbered heads together (NHT); integrated PBL and NHT; and multi-strategies model. This quasi-experimental investigation employed a pretest-posttest non-equivalent control group with the design of a 4 x 2 factorial pattern. The research subjects were tenth grade students from four public senior high schools (SMAN) in Jeneponto, namely SMAN 1 Binamu; SMAN 2 Binamu; SMAN 1 Batang; and SMAN 1 Tamalatea. Data on the students' spiritual and social attitudes was taken by using observations, self-assessment and peer assessment sheets before and after the learning. The data was analysed with descriptive and inferential statistical techniques. The results of the research indicated some differences in the spiritual and social attitudes of students with different academic abilities towards different learning models. The integrated PBL and NHT learning model was considered as the best combination to improve the spiritual and social attitudes of students with upper academic ability. © 2018, Western Australian Institute for Educational Research Inc. All rights reserved.
Public Junior High School 2, Batang, South Sulawesi, Indonesia; Universitas Negeri Malang, Indonesia
