Field Trips Strategies and Keys to Determination on Discovery Learning in Lower-Plants Botany

Abstract

How to identify plants according to the hierarchy or level of taxonomy to find the scientific name of the plant species is a very difficult task for students. The field trip strategies and discovery learning models can be used to see the usage of science processing skills in students. Learning settings that involve activeness, creativity, learning outcomes, and creative thinking abilities of students in accordance with the national education system are still in development. This is required to overcome educational problems such as lower levels of the abovementioned abilities, based on conventional and teacher-centred learning. This study aimed to determine the effect of applying the field trip strategy and the use of key media of determination to improve the discovery ability of students in the classification systems of lower-plants botany. The results of multiple linear regression analysis showed that there was an effect of the application of field trips strategy and the use of key determination on the ability of students in the concept of lower-plant botany courses.