Competency indicator of integral calculus in scientific debate strategies based on student education background

Abstract

Middle schools in Indonesia are one of the educational levels pursued by Indonesian children informal learning. This stage is a strategic and critical stage for the development and future of Indonesian children. This study aims to analyze the influence of students' education backgrounds that are: SMA, MA, and SMK towards increasing the integral concept competence with Scientific Debate. The research was an experiment involving 200 college students. Enhancement of competence data is calculated using normalized gain. Value categories use Standard Reference Benchmark. The influence of educational background on the competence enhancement was analyzed using One Way ANOVA and Kruskal Wallis. The results showed that average of competence enhancement was the medium category. Competence indicator average with education background of SMA includes the concept understanding good; procedure fluency good; strategic competence enough; adaptive reasoning enough and productive disposition excellent. MA includes an understanding of concepts enough; procedure fluency enough; strategic competence enough; Adaptive reasoning enough and productive disposition good. SMK includes an understanding of concepts enough; fluency of procedure enough; strategic competence enough; Adaptive reasoning less and Productive Disposition good. The educational background of the college students does not have a significant influence on the increase in Integral Calculus competence.