The objectives of this study were to analyze the validity, practicality, and effectiveness of South Kalimantan local wisdombased biology learning and its effect on student learning outcomes. The research method used is research and development. This research was in a Develop stage of Thiagarajan's Model. This development has produced learning models (lesson plans, student's worksheet, learning achievement test questions, teacher activity sheets, student activity sheets, and student response sheets). The local wisdom-based learning model were designed with seven stages using Banjar language (regional language of South Kalimantan). Model that have been developed were tested for the level of validity, practicality, effectiveness, and its effect in learning. The level of validity is determined based on the assessment and review of the four validators. To find out the effectiveness and the effect of the learning model, quasi-experimental design was applied by involving two classes at SMAN 7 Banjarmasin-Indonesia. Data were collected using a variety of instruments, namely the validity assessment sheet, the student's worksheet and lesson plan sheets, student achievement test questions, and student response sheets. Data analysis was implemented to measure the effectiveness and the effect of learning by calculating n-Gain and ANCOVA, respectively. The results, the learning tools met the "valid" criteria so that it can be implemented. Learning also concluded having good practicality criteria. Moreover, it can be seen that the application of local wisdom-based learning model and tools was quite effective in improving student learning outcomes, in contrast to learning in the control class. Furthermore, ANCOVA test concluded that there were significant differences in learning outcomes between students in the experimental and the control class.

Higher-order Thinking Skills (HOTS) is significant for students and has to be trained and managed well by teachers. This study aims to describe the preparation of biology teachers in learning, to analyze the understanding of biology teachers about HOTS, and to examine the efforts of biology teachers in developing HOTS for high school students in Banjarmasin, Indonesia. The subject of this survey was forty-one senior high school biology teachers in the city of Banjarmasin who were involved in routine activities of MGMP (biology subject teacher working group). The research instrument is in the form of a modified questionnaire from previous researchers and has been validated by experts. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistic (percentage). The results showed that the senior high school biology teachers in Banjarmasin have prepared the lesson well, but this was not done consistently (continuously). Some teachers have not maximally prepared the lessons according to the recommended educational standards. The teacher's understanding of HOTS is broad enough, and they assume that HOTS really needs to be trained to students. However, it has not been described in their teaching activities because the HOTS aspect tends to be neglected (not well conducted).

Biological development difference related to gender causes significance differences including academic achievement, metacognitive, and critical thinking skills. Therefore, the learning process should be designed based on the students' learning style to equalize the students' achievement and other skills between the two genders. The purpose of this study is to find out the appropriate learning strategy that can enhance and equalize the male and female students' achievement, metacognitive, and critical thinking skills. The study had been carried out in QuasiExperiment of Pretest -Posttest Nonequivalent Control Group design. Population of the study was second grade of Banjarmasin senior high school students Indonesia majoring in science. The results of the study showed that the students' learning achievement, metacognitive, and critical thinking skills are similar or almost similar between the two genders, when the PQ4R strategy combined with the concept mapping strategy was applied.

This study aimed to determine the effect of Problem-Based Learning (PBL) model on tenth grade students’ higher-order thinking skills (HOTS) in ecosystem concept. The design of this study was quasi experimental research with "nonequivalent pretest-posttest control group design". The population of this study was X grade students in Senior High School (SHS) Kandangan, South Kalimantan. The sample were chosen through random sampling technique. The sample will be tested for equivalence based on the data of from the report card from the first semester. The instrument of data collection is students' HOTS rubric that developed by Hart (1994) with a range of scores for each question ranging from 0 to 4. One way analysis of variance (anava) was used as hypothesis test in this study. The result showed that PBL learning model had a positive effect on HOTS. It can be seen from the average of HOTS level of control class was 28.40 and treatment class was 36,23 and seen from F value = 20.97 whereas F table = 0.05 means F arithmetic > F table.

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The use of local wisdom as learning sources and the empowerment of students' Higher-Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) are the two components that must be carried out in the 21st-century biology learning. The purpose of this study was to explore the information about the application of local wisdom-based learning and HOTS-based assessment in Banjarmasin. This survey research involved 41 high school biology teachers in Banjarmasin who joined in Biology Teacher Working Group activities as research samples. The research instruments were questionnaires that were validated by experts. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics in term of percentage. The findings showed that the teacher gave a positive response to the content of local wisdom to be a source of biology learning. In addition, they believed that through the learning, the students caring attitudes towards the potential and local wisdom of South Kalimantan were developed. Nonetheless, the empowerment of HOTS was not optimal as it was less frequent for the teachers to design HOTS-based learning in their class.

Rancangan pembelajaran menjadi bagian penting dalam pelaksanaan proses pembelajaran untuk meningkatkan pemahaman siswa terhadap suatu konsep. Proses pembelajaran yang bermakna jika seluruh siswa baik dengan akademik tinggi maupun rendah dapat memperoleh hasil belajar yang diinginkan oleh tujuan pembelajaran. Dengan demikian guru perlu memanfaatkan model-model pembelajaran dalam melaksanakan hal tersebut. Hal lain yang perlu diperhatikan adalah model pembelajaran yang mampu membantu peningkatan pemahaman siswa akademik rendah. RQA merupakan salah satu model yang diyakini dapat meningkatkan hasil belajar kognitif siswa selama proses pembelajaran. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis pengaruh model pembelajaran reading, questioning and answering terhadap hasil belajar kognitif biologi siswa yang memiliki kemampuan akdemik rendah. Penelitian eksperimen semu ini menggunakan model rancangan yang dikenal dengan “nonequivalent pretest-posttest control group design”. Variabel bebas pada penelitian ini yaitu Reading, Questioning, and Answering (RQA)  dan variabel terikat yaitu hasil belajar kognitif biologi siswa. Populasi seluruh siswa kelas XI IPA SMA PGRI 6 Banjarmasin. Sampel penelitian ini yaitu siswa kelas XI IPA 1 sebagai kelas eksperimen dengan model RQA dan  XI IPA 2 sebagai kelas kontrol dengan pembelajaran konvensional. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan tes essay. Data di analisis dengan Anava satu jalur melalui SPSS versi 17 for windows.Hasil analisis penelitian menunjukkan bahwa nilai F sebesar 30.382 dengannilaisigifikansi 0.000 > 0.05 yang berarti bahwa terdapat pengaruh model RQA terhadap hasil belajar kognitif siswa kemampuan akademik rendah KelasXI IPA SMA PGRI 6 Banjarmasin.

ABSTRAKProses pembelajaran yang menunjukkan ke arah teaching of thinking belum maksimal dilaksanakan bagi sebagian guru-guru di Indonesia. Berdasarkan berbagai hasil kajian diperoleh informasi bahwa keadaan tersebut sangat memprihatinkan, padahal keterampilan berpikir tersebut sangat penting untuk kehidupan pada abad 21 ini, sebagai kecakapan hidup siswa untuk mengatasi permasalahan kehidupan yang semakin kompleks. Oleh sebab itu, pemberdayaan keterampilan berpikir dapat dilakukan dengan latihan-latihan berpikir. Tulisan ini merupakan salah satu solusi dalam mengatasi permasalahan tersebut, dengan menerapkan strategi pembelajaran PQ4R dikombinasikan peta konsep untuk meningkatkan keterampilan metakognitif dan berpikir kritis siswa. Strategi pembelajaran PQ4R dikombinasikan peta konsep memiliki 7 tahapan yang memiliki karakteristik proses pengulangan informasi dan pengkodean konsep dalam struktur kognitif sehingga siswa memperoleh pembelajaran yang bermakna.Kata Kunci: PQ4R, peta konsep, keterampilan metakognitif, berpikir kritis