Improving Students' Science Process Skills through Simple Computer Simulations on Linear Motion Conceptions

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P. Siahaan, A. Suryani, I. Kaniawati, E. Suhendi, A. Samsudin

2017 Journal of Physics: Conference Series Vol. 812 Issue 1 Conference paper Cited by 45 SDG 4 Quartile

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to identify the development of students' science process skills (SPS) on linear motion concept by utilizing simple computer simulation. In order to simplify the learning process, the concept is able to be divided into three sub-concepts: 1) the definition of motion, 2) the uniform linear motion and 3) the uniformly accelerated motion. This research was administered via pre-experimental method with one group pretest-posttest design. The respondents which were involved in this research were 23 students of seventh grade in one of junior high schools in Bandung City. The improving process of students' science process skill is examined based on normalized gain analysis from pretest and posttest scores for all sub-concepts. The result of this research shows that students' science process skills are dramatically improved by 47% (moderate) on observation skill; 43% (moderate) on summarizing skill, 70% (high) on prediction skill, 44% (moderate) on communication skill and 49% (moderate) on classification skill. These results clarify that the utilizing simple computer simulations in physics learning is be able to improve overall science skills at moderate level. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.

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Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Departemen Pendidikan Fisika, Jl. Setiabudhi No. 229, Sukasari, Sukasari, Kota Bandung, Jawa Barat, Isola, Isola, 40154, Indonesia

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