Higher-Order Thinking Skills in Prospective Physics Teacher

The rules regarding the assessment carried out by teachers have been refined to match the demands of 21st-century learning, the aspect that has been improved is the cognitive aspect, specifically in the assessment of Higher Order Thinking Skills. However, prospective teachers and even teachers still have difficulty implementing this assessment. The purpose of this study was to determine the profile of the ability of prospective physics teacher students in solving Higher Order Thinking Skills questions as an initial description in identifying problems that occur. This research was a descriptive study to determine the profile of postgraduate students at Makassar State University, South Sulawesi. The research data was obtained through test technique. These questions consist of 40 sets of items, with indicators of analyzing, evaluating, and creating. It has been developed by researchers and validated by experts. The percentage of the score obtained is 68, 79, and 55% for indicators of analyzing, evaluating, and creating respectively. Therefore, Prospective physics teachers can still be said to be unsatisfactory in solving Higher Order Thinking Skills questions

Analysis of undergraduate students’ conceptual understanding of magnetism topics

Research in physics education has long been concerned with a problem that undergraduate students acquire conceptions which are unsatisfactory from the scientific point of view. It is very important for educators to review further how strongly the conception is held in various domains of physics. Learning about magnetism is an important component of physics science education, thus requiring deeper analysis of understanding concepts. This research objectives to reveal the conceptual understanding about magnetism topics of undergraduate students. This research was a descriptive study to analysis 32 first year undergraduate student test results of conceptual understanding in Physics Department of State University of Makassar, South Sulawesi. The research data was obtained through technical test. These questions consists of 20 sets of question. It is has been developed by researcher and validated by experts. The result showed that only 40,9% undergraduate students understood about magnetism concept, 30,9% is just guessed, and 28,1% don’t understood. These result is still relatively low, considering the questions given are still very basic, and have not linked to the Maxwell equation. These results can be used as basic for determining the appropriate learning which is suitable for student in understanding Physics context as basis for entering electrodynamics courses

E-Learning Integrated Active Learning Strategies to Improve the Critical Thinking Skills

Physics learning is expected to provide students with the provision to grow and improve critical thinking skills. Learning that is suitable for improving critical thinking is an active learning strategy that is integrated with e-learning. The results of previous studies indicate that college students' critical thinking skills are in low category. This study aims to analyze the improvement of students' critical thinking skills through active learning strategies. The active learning strategies used are Reading guides, Concept Mapping Strategy, and Information Search Strategy. The design of this study used posttest only control group design. Students' critical thinking skills are measured using 6 essays and through student worksheets. The results showed that critical thinking skills of experiment group were higher than control group

Higher-Order Thinking Skills in Prospective Physics Teacher

The rules regarding the assessment carried out by teachers have been refined to match the demands of 21st-century learning, the aspect that has been improved is the cognitive aspect, specifically in the assessment of Higher Order Thinking Skills. However, prospective teachers and even teachers still have difficulty implementing this assessment. The purpose of this study was to determine the profile of the ability of prospective physics teacher students in solving Higher Order Thinking Skills questions as an initial description in identifying problems that occur. This research was a descriptive study to determine the profile of postgraduate students at Makassar State University, South Sulawesi. The research data was obtained through test technique. These questions consist of 40 sets of items, with indicators of analyzing, evaluating, and creating. It has been developed by researchers and validated by experts. The percentage of the score obtained is 68, 79, and 55% for indicators of analyzing, evaluating, and creating respectively. Therefore, Prospective physics teachers can still be said to be unsatisfactory in solving Higher Order Thinking Skills questions. . Keywords: Higher order thinking skills; Prospective-physics-teachers; Learnin