A Contextual Biodiversity Handbook to Identify Bintan Coastal Invertebrates

Contextual teaching and learning is quite important to be applied due to students weakness in connecting between what they learn and how the knowledge will be used. It is a learning system that matches the performance of the brain, to construct patterns that embody meaning, by linking the academic content with the context of learners' everyday life. By applying contextual teaching and learning the information received is not only stored in short-term memory, which is easily forgotten, but can be stored in long-term memory. Contextual teaching and learning can be applied through various learning components. One of them is by applying appropriate learning resources/learning media to facilitate contextual learning. Through research and development applying Plomp model, a handbook has been developed to identify specific invertebrates exist on the coast of Bintan (the Province of Kepulauan Riau). This handbook was developed through processes namely; (1) collecting invertebrates of the coastal area of Bintan, (2) identifying invertebrates using research publications, (3) displaying content in the form of handbooks applying attractive designs, (4) suggestions for improvements by validators, and (5) test the feasibility through trials in learning. These processes drive the handbook different from most learning resources on this topic that do not specifically provide information about invertebrates exist in Bintan or Kepulauan Riau. The using of handbook encourages 100% completeness in learning mastering for 21 students. Furthermore, it increases learning motivation in a high increasing category.