PROFIL PENALARAN ILMIAH DAN KEMAMPUAN BERARGUMENTASI MAHASISWA SAINS DAN NON-SAINS

Abstract

This study aimed to describe the profile of scientific reasoning and the argumentation skill of students from science and non-science. This research is a descriptive study in a state university at Bandung with samples from science and non-science students totaling 100 people and lecturer of the science course. The studies starts by visiting the universities, reviewing the literature related to the focus of the research, interviews with science faculty about how learning science is done, giving questionnaires to students, giving essay on scientific reasoning, and interviews with several students. The research instrument is a questionnaire (speaking and argumentation), interview, and questions about the essays. The results showed that the average student scientific reasoning ability of non-science (1.4) higher than students of science (1). The arguments, the students found the skills to argue required by students mainly by student teachers (SS = 43.3%, S = 50%), to be able to have the skills to argue we need a habituation or conditioning (SS = 23.3%, S = 50%), and the ability to argue must be procured in all the lectures (SS = 53.5%, S = 43.3%).