Investigation of learning science: Fun in learning, interest in learning time, social implications, scientific normality for science learning

Abstract

Attitude is the tendency of one's behavior toward an object both positive and negative. Finding out about students in the world of education who can help in the learning process, this study aims to describe the attitudes of students in Muaro Jambi Junior High School 6 and Muaro Jambi Junior High School 5 in terms of 4 indicators, namely enjoyment in learning science, interest in increasing science learning time, social implications of science and scientific normality. The research design used is a mixed method with the type of explanatory research. The sampling technique in this study used is total sampling with the number of research subjects as many as 921 students from Muaro Jambi Junior High School 6 and Muaro Jambi Junior High School 5 and with 609 students in Junior High School 6 and 312 students in Junior High School 5. The instrument used is a closed questionnaire on the Linkert scale. Analysis of the data used is descriptive statistics with explanations and elaborations of quantitative data and qualitative data findings. Based on the results obtained from SPSS 22, there was obtained between Muaro Jambi 6th Middle School and 5 Muaro Jambi Secondary Schools, which had a dominant attitude toward students in the Natural Sciences subjects in the Good category.