Quality education on cognitive, affective, psychomotor achievement is the goal of national education. Education in Indonesia has on the achievement is not maximal and religiosity is weak. KEMENDIKBUD in 2013 has developed the 2006 curriculum into the 2013 curriculum by using a scientific approach in learning activities PAI & Budi Pekerti. This approach is expected to develop student religiosity and achievement. The author conducted a study related to the above policy to seek correlation between scientific events on the learning experience of Islam and Character Education with the religiosity of students of class VIII in SMP N 5 Semarang.
This research is a field research with qualitative approach. The objective of this research is to find out associative relationship between some variables :( 1) Scientific approach and students’ religiosity; (2) Scientific approach and students’ religiosity achievement; and (3) Scientific approach, religiosity, and students’ achievement in SMP N 5 Semarang. The object of this research is VIII grade students in SMP N 5 Semarang.
The sampling techniques used were probability and random sampling techniques. The total population of VIII grade students was 288, yet the muslim students were 238, therefore the researcher took 5% significant rate and the chosen sample became 150 students. The questionnaire was used to gain scientific approach and religiosity variables datum, whereas Islam and Character Education teacher’s documentation was used to gain students’ achievement variable. The questionnaire had been arranged and tested on its validity and reliability as the test requirements.
The hypothesis or data analysis used simple correlation technique and simple linear regression through normality, linearity, and homogeneity tests. The result of the hypothesis showed that ;(1) there is a positive relationship between scientific approach on the learning experience of Islam and Character Education and VIII grade students’ religiosity with Sig r count = 0,867 > 0,159( rtable n=150 sign5%); (2) there is a positive relationship between scientific approach on the learning experience of Islam and Character Education and VIII grade students’ achievement with sig r count knowledge value = 0,669, rcount spiritual attitude value = 0,794, rcount social attitude value = 0,716, and rcount skill value = 0,717,> 0, 159; (3) there is a positive relationship between scientific approach on the learning experience of Islam and Character Education, students’ religiosity and achievement with the current significance.
Based on the research, it can be seen that the scientific approach on learning activities of PAI & Budi Pekerti contributes to cognitive, affective, and psychomotor achievement, so that the implementation must be done well, in accordance with the procedure and must be balanced with the creativity of teachers in carrying out the learning activities, the development of religiosity and achievement of the cognitive, affective, and psychomotor aspects will be realized.