Analysis of science process skills in senior high school students

Abstract

Science process skill is one of the important skills possessed by students in studying Biology. That is because the process of learning Biology cannot be separated from scientific processes, such as observing, experimenting, and analyzing activities. Good science process skills are believed to be able to help students understand Biology concepts easily and correctly. The purpose of this study was to analyze the science process skills possessed by high school students in Cilegon city. This research was conducted in February 2019, the sample was taken using the simple random sampling method with a total sample of 35 students. The research used descriptive quantitative method. Data was collected by the science process skills test instrument. The results show that the average score of science process skills possessed by students is still categorized as sufficient, because the average value of science process skills obtained from 35 students were 58.