Effectiveness of Missouri Mathematics Project Learning Model to Improve Mathematical Learning Outcome

This study aims to determine the effectiveness of improving mathematics learning outcomes for grade VIII-B students of SMP Negeri 5 Polut Takalar through applying the Missouri Mathematics Project Learning Model. This type of research is pre-experimental research with The One Group Pre-test and Post-test design. The experimental unit, class VIII-B, consisted of 24 students consisting of 12 boys and 12 girls. The research instrument was an essay test to see student learning outcomes, observation sheets to observe student activities during learning, and response questionnaire sheets to determine student responses to learning through the Missouri Mathematics Project Learning Model application. Then the working hypothesis is formulated as follows: (a) The average score of learning outcomes is 73 (KKM 73). (b) Classical learning completeness 75%. (c) The average normalized gain of students is more than 0.29 (medium category). (d) The activities of class students during the learning process are in a good category, namely the percentage of actively involved 75%. The results of this study indicate that: (1) the average score of students’ mathematics learning outcomes is 78.3 with a standard deviation of 11.79. This means that classical completeness has been achieved. (2) there is an increase in student learning outcomes after the Missouri Mathematics Project Learning Model is applied. The average time value of the gain is normalized, namely 0.4, and generally is in the medium category. (3) student activity is in the good category with an average of 81%. So it can be concluded that the Missouri Mathematical Project learning model is effectively applied to class VIII-B of SMP Negeri 5 Polut Takalar