Lia Sari Rahmatin, Slamet Suyanto
This study examined the effects of the brain based learning model to the student's achievement on biology class. Its held on the second grade students of SMP Negeri 7 Mataram. Using the pre-test and post-test group design, two class were divided into two groups. The brain based learning model were apply to the experimental class and other group was instructed conventionally. Each group were compete to acquire the increase of the learning's achievement (cognitive domain). The evidence of this study based on t-test score (tcount > ttable : 3,29 > 1,99), showed the different between the two groups. It can be concluded that the brain based learning model can significantly affect the student's achievement on learning biology for the second grade students of SMP Negeri 7 Mataram. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.
Biology Education Department, Yogyakarta State University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia