The problem-solving skills of senior high school students on biology in temanggung

Abstract

The study aimed to determine the level of Senior High school students' problem-solving skills and to identify students' problem-solving skills based on gender. This study was a descriptive study by using survey method. The population of this study was all of the eleventh-grade students from mathematics and natural science class in SMA N 1 Temanggung, SMA N 3 Temanggung, and SMA N 1 Pringsurat, with 191 students as the sample. The sampling technique was cluster sampling. Data collection was conducted by providing a question in the form of problem-solving essays. The score category level to analyze student's problem-solving skills level and inferential statistics with independent sample t-test to analyze problem-solving skills based on gender. The result of the study showed that (1) the problem-solving skills level of Senior High school students in Temanggung mostly in the moderate category, (2) there is a significant difference of problem-solving skills in students based on gender. Female students have higher problem-solving skills than male students.