A. Juhanda, N.Y. Rustaman, T. Hidayat, A.R. Wulan
This study aims to determine the description of logical thinking and mastery of concepts, analyzing the relationship between the two owned by a number of prospective biology teachers in the vertebrate zoology practice. The research method was a correlational descriptive method with a sample of one class which includes 26 prospective teachers of the Department of Biology Education, FKIP Universitas Muhammadiyah Sukabumi (UMMI), 2017/2018 semester academic year using a purposive sampling technique. Data collection was conducted using the many as 10 standard Test of Logical Thinking (ToLT) and 20 concept mastery questions. Data analysis was carried out through a correlation test. The results showed that: 1) 35% of students had logical thinking at the transition stage with an average value of 3.0; 2) 31% of students show mastery of concepts with enough categories with an average value of 63; 3) There is a moderate correlation between logical thinking and the mastery of the concept of prospective teachers with a correlation coefficient of 0.541. The understanding of the highest correlation at each indicator of logical reasoning compared to other cognitive aspects. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.
Department of Biology Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Jl. Dr. Setia Budhi No. 229, Bandung, 40154, Indonesia; Department of Biology Education, Universitas Muhammadiyah Sukabumi, Jl. R. Syamsudin SH. No. 50, Sukabumi, Indonesia
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