Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine the differences: (1) social skills between students who follow the problem-based learning model with students who follow the conventional learning on social studies in SMP Negeri 5 Tabanan; (2) problem solving abilities between students who follow the problem-based learning model with students who follow the conventional learning on social studies in SMP Negeri 5 Tabanan; and (3) social skills and problem solving abilities simultaneously between students who follow the problem-based learning model with students who follow the conventional learning on social studies in SMP Negeri 5 Tabanan. The study design used quasi experimental research. The population in this study amounted to 3 classes and 69 students. The samples were 2 classes consisting of 46 students, 1 class as the experimental class and 1 class as the control class and randomly selected after the class equality test. The result of the research shows that: (1) there is difference of social skill between students who follow the learning with problem-based and conventional learning model in grade IX students of SMP Negeri 5 Tabanan with Fhitung = 93,639 (p = 0,000 <0,05), (2) the difference of problem solving ability of students between the follow the learning with the model of problem-based and conventional learning on the students of class IX SMP Negeri 5 Tabanan with Fhitung = 58,582 (p = 0,000 <0,05), and (3) there is difference of social skill and problem solving ability of student between those who followed the learning with problem-based and conventional learning model in the students of class IX SMP Negeri 5 Tabanan with F-Wilks' Lambda = 75,388 (p = 0,000 <0.05).

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