Atrium Pendidikan Biologi
Vol 5, No 1 (2020): Atrium Pendidikan Biologi

The Effect of Model Problem Solving on Students’ Problem- Solving Skills Class VII SMPN 34 Padang

Rika Gustia (UNP)
Ristiono Ristiono (UNP)
Zulyusri Zulyusri (UNP)
Heffi Alberida (UNP)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Apr 2020

Abstract

This research has motivated the problem of low students’ problem -solving skills. In the learning process, the teacher rarely trains students’ problem-solving skills and currently Science literacy in Indonesia is low compared to other countries. The results of the preliminary test showed that the average problem-solving skills of students was less than 50%. This study aims to look at the effect of the problem- solving model on the problem-solving skills of grade VII students of SMPN 34 Padang. This type of research is a quasi-experimental design with the Control Group Posttest Only Design. The study population was VII grade students of 34 SMPN Padang in the 2018/2019 academic year. The research sample of students in class VII 4 as the experimental class and VII 5 as the control class. Sampling using a purposive sampling technique. Instruments in the form of observation sheets observation of student activities to obtain data problem-solving skills. Based on the results of the students' problem- solving skills research, the t count 2,24> t table 1,67.The study concluded is that the application of the problem-solving model has a positive effect on the problem-solving skills of grade VII students of SMPN 34 Padang.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

pbio

Publisher

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Other

Description

Atrium Pendidikan Biologi Journal is one of the media scientific publications of researchers in the field of biological education published online by the Universitas Negeri Padang. Atrium Pendidikan Biologi Journal contains research in Biology Education. This journal is published four times a year. ...