Pemanfaatan kartu kuartet sebagai media pembelajaran bidang Astronomi

Abstract

Astronomy has been a part of Indonesian school curriculum since elementary school to senior high school under Science, Physics, and Geography. However, as it is not a stand-alone subject with its own dedicated curriculum, it is difficult for students to learn compared to other subjects. There is a need for a learning medium to help students learn, proposed here as a set of quartet cards, an alternative medium for students to learn about a topic. The quartet cards show certain astronomy topics such as lunar phases, seasons, terrestrial, and jovian planets amongst others in a set of 4 illustrated cards (Quartet) with description in 15-20 words. This research tested the effectiveness of astronomy quartet cards (“Kuartet Astronomy”) in students learning astronomy topics using pre-test and post test to obtain quantitative output. Based on the result, there is an increase of students’ knowledge of astronomy after a session of quartet card games.