Science process skills based on genders of high school students

Abstract

The 21st-century learning emphasizes the students' ability to find out for a variety of sources, formulate a problem, think analytically, cooperation and collaborate in solving problems. Science process skills are essential competencies that must be achieved in the 21st century. These skills can also assist students in logical thinking, asking rational questions, and solving problems in their everyday life. The current research aimed to investigate the level of senior high school students' science process skills. This research was a survey which involved four public senior high schools (SMAN), namely SMAN 4 Malang, SMAN 7 Malang, SMA 8 Malang, and SMAN 1 Turen. The research data were analyzed using an unpaired t-test. The results of the analysis showed that there was a difference between the male students' science process skills and the female students' science process skills (p 0.002). It was reported that 23% of the female students had achieved criteria 1 and around 34% had accomplished criteria 2. On the other hand, 26% of the male students had attained criteria 1 and only 17% of them had performed criteria 2. These findings suggest that an innovative learning model needs to be applied to empower the students' science process skills.