Improving Teaching Skills of Pre-teacher Students With Modified Jigsaw on Biology Instructional Methodology Course

Abstract

The development of education is strongly influenced by global factors. This global development has a serious impact on the quality of education graduates. Many standards emerge to meet these demands. This responsibility rests with the university, especially the university which produces graduate teacher candidates. Universitas Negeri Padang is one of the Indonesian universities in charge of this. Researches are conducted in order to produce learning innovations, one of which is our research. We have researched classes to improve the teaching abilities of prospective teachers in the Biology Department, Universitas Negeri Padang. We use a modified Jigsaw learning model. This research uses quantitative observation methods for students who take Biology Instructional Methodology course using Teacher Performance Appraisal Instrument 2. Our results were tabulated on average. We collected the initial value before giving treatment. The final score is 84.69by good criteria. The results of this study indicate that the Jigsaw learning model that we modified can improve teaching abilities for prospective teacher students in the Biology Department, Universitas Negeri Padang. This research contributes to increase knowledge and continue to improve the quality of learning in the future.

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“…During the Covid-19 pandemic, teachers can apply this method to improvise the learning process to make students not experience boredom with technological knowledge and implementation technique using software appropriately [28]. According to Yogica et al, the Jigsaw model can improve the teaching ability of pre-service teachers [29]. In line with this opinion, Parmar and Parmar stated that the Jigsaw model has effectively transformed passive learners into active ones and helped them improve their abilities to obtain practical learning and communication skills [30].…”