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Abstract

This mixed method study aims to determine the improvement of problem solving skills of students related to the topic of heat which learn using the problem-based learning model. The subjects of the study were 36 students of class XI MIPA 2 SMAN 1 Gondang. It is shown that the ability of problem solving students experienced a significant increase of N-gain average score of 0.41 entry in the category of medium, and effect size 1.66 (very strong category). In addition, students' problem solving skills have positive changes at the stage, defining problems: problem schemes, understanding casual relationships in the problem, arguing to learn problem solving, and analogy of problems.

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