Improving Environmental Awareness of High School Students’ in Malang City through Earthcomm Learning in the Geography Class

This study aimed to determine the effect of the earthcomm learning model in increasing environmental awareness in high school students. Increased environmental awareness is a representation of students' knowledge, attitudes, behaviors and skills in solving environmental problems. In addition, this study was conducted to know the differences in student activities between classes using the earthcomm learning model and conventional learning models. The study used quasi-experimental design. The data was taken using an instrument of environmental awareness at the pretest and posttest in the experimental and control classes involving high school students in Malang City, Indonesia. Data were analyzed using ANCOVA with SPSS version 23 software for Windows. The results of the study prove that the earthcomm learning model has a significant influence on changes of knowledge, attitudes, behaviors and skills in solving environmental problems in high school students. Students' activity in the experimental class was more active than the control class.