Science Process Skills Profile of First Semester Students in Basic Chemistry Course
Keywords:
SPS, First Semester Students, Basic ChemistryAbstract
A study was conducted to describe the profile of science process skills (SPS) of first-semester students through basic chemistry courses. This information is useful for preparing students early as a foundation that will influence their learning success in the following semester. This is because students must adapt to the campus academic environment that demands high-level skills. The research method used is a mixed method where qualitative data describes the profile of students' SPS and quantitative data is used to process the value data obtained by students through the SPS pretest and posttest. The tools and instruments used to collect data have been validated by experts and received good to very good ratings so they are suitable for use in data collection. The results obtained that student development in SPS based on the N-Gain score at the low, medium and high levels were 5.97%, 70.15% and 23.88%, respectively. The SPS indicators that obtained the lowest to highest scores based on the posttest results, respectively, were creating operational definitions, analyzing, predicting, formulating hypotheses, formulating problem formulations, observing, formulating variables, designing experiments and creating data tables. The results of this study are expected to be the basis for development to prepare students to become competent scientists or practitioners in the future.
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