METODE THINK PAIR SHARE UNTUK MENINGKATKAN KEMAMPUAN MENGINGAT DALAM PELAJARAN BIOLOGI DI SEKOLAH LENTERA HARAPAN GUNUNG AGUNG LAMPUNG

Understanding concepts is very important in learning. Remembering level is the first step of primary skill to be mastered that will enable students to understand a concept. The r eality that the resear ch er found in grade IX S ekolah L entera H arapan (SLH) Gunung Agung Lampung is not relevant to the concept. The students there have not reach ed the optimal remembering stage. T herefore, t his research aims to find out the Think Pair Share (TPS) m ethod is able to increase the students' remembering cognitive ability and to apply the TPS method to increase the students' remembering cognitive ability. The r e se arch method used is Pelton's C lassroom R esearch model. The instruments used in data collection are tests, lesson plan s , mentor's feedback, and journal reflection. The result reached were as follows: in t he application of action 47%, in repetition I 63%, and in repetition II 95%. The systematic steps of application for the TPS method were: 1) thinking, 2) pairing, and 3) sharing. Research findings showed that the application of the TPS method is able to increase the students' remembering cognitive ability.