Connecting Science with Story Tale: How Sainsmatika Story Tale Book Decrease Science Anxiety of 4th Graders Student

This study investigating the effectiveness of using Sainsmatika story tale book towards student science anxiety. The study were an experimental research with pretest-posttest control-group design, involving 122 fourth-grade students in one of the district in Indonesia. Characteristically, this research employs quantitative data which were collected from the questionnaire results regarding science anxiety. The data were analyzed using statistical methods to calculate the values and determine the frequency as well as the mean of pretest and posttest scores in control and experimental classes. To determine the effectiveness of using fairytale books to reduce students’ science anxiety, the one-way analysis of ANOVA was used with a significant difference at the level of Sig < 0.05.  The results of this study reveal that the use of sainsmatika-based fairytale books is effective to reduce science anxiety of the fourth-grade students with significancy 0.00 (<0.05)

Student Creativity through Project-based Learning Experiences

This study aims to analyze students’ creativity through project-based learning experiences in a electrochemistry topic. Subject of this study was 40 students from Chemistry Education Study Program who took basic chemistry course. Students experienced several activities, namely: forming groups of three, asking and refining questions, debating ideas, making predictions, designing plans and/or experiments, collecting and analyzing data, drawing conclusions, communicating their ideas and findings to others, asking new questions, and creating artifacts like a model, a videotape, or a media. Then, the lecturer monitored the students and the progress of the project, assessed the outcome and evaluated the experience resulting students-in group’ creativity profile. Research instruments are project assessment rubrics and observation sheets. Findings show that students’ creativity in groups ranges from  less to very good or from 48.15 to 92.59. Although there are still shortcomings with this study, we encourage other lecturers to implement this type of learning model in other courses or subjects in order to improve students’ problem solving skills

Alat Peraga Sebagai Upaya Peningkatan Pemahaman Konsep Peserta didik Pada Materi Mekanika Fluida (Teaching Aids as Efforts to Increase Students' Concepts Understanding on Fluid Mechanics)

This research is aimed to increase students' understanding of the concepts of fluid mechanics by applying teaching aids. The research method uses pre-experiment. The research design uses the One Group Pretest-Posttest Design. Data collection techniques using the test of understanding the concept of fluid mechanics as many as 10 essay questions. N-gain test is used to determine the increase in understanding of the concepts of learning outcomes before and after being taught using teaching aids. The results showed that learning by using instructional media in the form of fluid mechanics teaching aids influences students' understanding of concepts by 0.71 with high criteria. This proves that there is an increase in students' understanding of the concepts of fluid mechanics

Penerapan Model Pembelajaran Modified Free Inquiry untuk Mereduksi Miskonsepsi Mahasiswa pada Materi Fluida

This research aimed to reduce student’s misconceptions on fluid subject at Science Education program study, Universitas Muhammadiyah Sidoarjo (Umsida) by applying a modified free inquiry learning model. The results showed that the students’ understanding of concepts increased from the average score 21.3 to 68.3. Based on the data analysis using N-gain score, it could be concluded that the implementation of the modified free inquiry model averagely affected on reducing the studen’s misconception

Analisis Keterampilan Berpikir Kritis Siswa SMP Pada Mata Pelajaran IPA Ditinjau Dari Gaya Belajar Visual

This study aims to analyze the critical thinking skills that have been owned by junior high school students in science subjects in terms of visual learning styles. The identification of critical thinking skills in this study is based on Facione critical thinking indicator ie, interpretation, analysis, inference, evaluation, explanation and self regulation. The subjects of the study in this study consisted of 1 student who has a visual learning style. The research methodology used is qualitative methodology with phenomenology approach. Data collection techniques used are critical thinking skills tests, observation and interviews. data analysis technique used is Miles and Huberman technique. The results of this study suggest that visual subjects are able to resolve science issues with sub skill categories, decode significant,clarity of meaning, examining ideas, query evidenceand colectune alternative

Sikap Siswa Terhadap IPA berdasarkan Investigasi dan Korelasi: Kesenangan Belajar dan Minat Meluangkan Waktu pada IPA (The Student's Attitude toward Science based on Investigation and Correlation: Learning Fun & Enthusiasm for Spending Time)

This study purposed to investigate attitudes towards science in junior high school students,based on 2 attitude indicators: (1) enjoyment in science lesson & (2) leisure interestin science. In addition, measurements were also made regarding the relationship betweenthe two indicators of attitude. This research is survey research. The results of the datacame from an attitude questionnaire consisting of indicators (1) enjoyment in science lessonand (2) leisure interest in science. The sample consisted of 2815 junior high schoolstudents in Jambi Province, Indonesia. The results showed that for indicators: (1) enjoymentin science is good category with a percentage of 48.1%, (2) leisure interest in scienceis fairly good category with a value: 47.2% and This indicator leads to a positivetrend supported by a positive attitude with a greater good value: 38.4%, while for theanalysis of the correlation between the two indicators shows a positive correlation with asig: 0,000 (<0.05) and has a strong degree of correlation indicated by the value "PearsonCorrelation": 0.716. Therefore, it is concluded overall attitudes towards science at Juniorhigh school students in Jambi, Indonesia have a positive attitude and are categorizedwell

Hubungan Kerja Keras dan Sikap Siswa dalam Pembelajaran IPA (Relationship between Hard Work and Attitudes of Students in Science Learning)

This study aims to determine the relationship of hard work to the attitudes of students in science subjects at SMPN 4 Muaro Jambi. The research design used is associative quantitative with correlation design. The sampling technique used was total sampling with a total sample of 126 students. The analysis technique used is descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. Descriptive statistics display the mean, mode, minimum and maximum values. While the inferential statistics used are product-moment correlation tests. Based on the results of this study, it was found that there is a relationship of hard work towards students' attitudes in science subjects that can be seen from the Sig. (2-tailed) of 0.010 <0.05 which states there is a relationship between attitude to student hard work. Then the correlation coefficient of 0.668 which states that the level of correlation is strong

Analisis Minat Belajar Mahasiswa Terhadap Penggunaan Alat Peraga Neraca Cavendish

The aims of this research are to identify student’s interest in the Cavendish Balance of Aids in physics learning. This research uses Design One Group Pretest-Posttest; Samples used are class D semester I Mathematics Education academic year 2015/2016 of 30 students, Instrument Questionnaire in this study using a questionnaire of student interest. The results showed the use of a aids in the learning of physics effect in to assist students in understanding the material being taught. In addition, the students' interest in learning also improved with the application of visual aids, it can be seen from 96.7% of students stated strongly agree and agree on the statement While 3.3% of students feel disagree with the statement, it is also supported on the value of tcalculate more bigger than ttable with ttable = 2,042 with tcalculate = 20,477. It can be concluded that there is a significant improvement in learning outcomes on the used Cavendish balance of aids so that students' interest in learning becomes better

Uji Kelayakan Perangkat Pembelajaran Pengelolaan Limbah dengan Pendekatan TASC (Thinking Actively In a Social Context)

Learning resources about waste management have been developed using Thinking Actively in a Social Context (TASC) approach. This research aimed to ascertain the feasibility of syllabus, lesson plans and students’ worksheet. The data was analyzed descriptively using feasibility test of expert judgement. The result showed that feasibility of silaby is 4,11 (“feasible” category); feasibility of lesson plans is 4,18 (“feasible” category); feasibility of students’ worksheet is 4,17 (“feasible” category). In conclusion, learning resources using TASC approach addressed for waste management topic is feasible to be implemented in the learning process

Pengembangan Modul Pembelajaran Fisika Berbasis Problem Based Learning untuk Meningkatkan Kemampuan Pemecahan Masalah Fisika

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah mendapatkan modul fisika berbasis problem based learning pada topik keseimbangan dan dinamika rotasi untuk meningkatkan kemampuan pemecahan masalah fisika siswa SMA dan mengetahui bagaimana kelayakannya serta respon siswa terhadap modul tersebut. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah penelitian dan pengembangan. Prosedur penelitian yang digunakan memanfaatkan modifikasi dari langkah-langkah penelitian yang dikemukakan oleh Borg & Gall. Hasil penelitian ini, yaitu sebuah modul fisika berbasis PBL pada topik keseimbangan dan dinamika rotasi untuk meningkatkan kemampuan pemecahan masalah fisika siswa SMA. Kelayakan modul pembelajaran fisika berbasis PBL menurut ahli materi, ahli media dan guru fisika SMA untuk komponen isi, penyajian dan bahasa memiliki kriteria sangat valid dengan presentase masing-masing sebesar 94,8%, 95%, dan 88,5%. Respon siswa terhadap modul fisika berbasis PBL pada uji coba terbatas diperoleh presentase sebesar 91% dan 91,25% pada komponen isi dan tampilan modul