Analysis of Science Process Skills for Senior High School Students in Banjarmasin

Abstract

Science teachers who know the level of students 'science process skills will easily design good learning in order to improve students' knowledge and skills. This study aims to describe the level of science process skills of high school students in Banjarmasin City. The science process skill level of students was diagnosed by giving multiple choice questions to 466 students from five State Senior High Schools in Banjarmasin. Data analysis is presented as a percentage and visualized in graphical form for each indicator of science process skills and discussed with the theory and findings of previous research. The results of the research data analysis showed that the science process skills of the students in the study sample were generally LOW. A total of 65.07 percent of students were in the LOW category, 26.11 percent of students were in the MEDIUM category, and 8.83 percent of students were in the HIGH category. There are five indicators of science process skills that are categorized as low, namely indicators making graphs and interpreting data 41 percent, indicators designing experiments 47 percent, indicators making operational definitions 53 percent, indicators identifying and controlling variables 54 percent and one indicator that is classified as moderate, namely stating hypotheses with a percentage 64 percent. The low percentage of the five indicators of process skills can be used as an indication that science learning (Physics, Chemistry, and Biology) is still not optimal in training students' science process skills. These results show that in science learning there is still a need for the development and application of innovative learning models so as to train students' science process skills optimally.