Simulation Learning Model to Improve the Understanding of Land Disaster Mitigation Materials of 2013 Curriculum Geography High School State 12 Semarang

High School State 12 Semarang is in Plalangan Village which is one of the villages with a high vulnerability to landslides in Gunungpati District, Semarang City. Students need knowledge about prevention and preparedness, in order to reduce the impact of landslides. This study aims to determine the learning process of landslide risk reduction, find out student responses to landslide simulations, and find out the difference between learning outcomes for students who get learning using disaster simulation with students who get learning without using simulation. This study uses a quasi-experimental research design, using quantitative analysis in the form of percentage calculations and analysis of independent test samples t-test. The results of the t-test showed that there were differences in student learning outcomes between students who received learning using disaster simulation with students who received learning without using disaster simulation. Thus, learning using disaster simulation is better than learning by not using disaster simulation, meaning that disaster simulation can be used as an alternative learning method in learning to reduce landslide risk in the city of Semarang.