Abstract

This study aimed to determine the effects of the activities of current textbook and 5 E Model on the attitude of the students. This study is a research as an experimental model. For testing the effects of geography education supported by 5 E model and geography education based on activities of current textbook attitude of students, controlled pre-test and post-test is used. Process had gone on eight weeks. “Attitude test is developed to examine the level of student attitude after and before the application. In order to analyze the data, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, t test were used. As a result of the research, it is observed that 5 E Model is effective on students’ attitude, but geography education based on activities of current textbook  is not effective on students’ attitude; while teaching “the global effects of natural resources unit” in geography ninth lesson. Next research can be done to aim at testing this situation. Beside, secondary geography text book can be prepared to based on 5 E model.

Key words: Textbook, activity, 5 E model, attitude, geography lesson.