Profile of the Interpreting Ability of Students on Static Fluid

Nurmisanti Nurmisanti (STKIP Singkawang, Singkawang)
Yudi Kurniawan (STKIP Singkawang, Singkawang)
Riski Muliyani (STKIP Singkawang, Singkawang)

International Journal of Multi Discipline Science (IJ-MDS)
Vol 3, No 1 (2020): Volume 3 Number 1 February 2020

The purpose of this study was to get a description of the students' ability to interpret the static fluid material. This research was a quantitative descriptive study and the sample was taken by purposive sampling technique with a total sample of 26 students at one of the Madrasah Aliyah in the city of Singkawang. To achieve this goal, students had filled in questions about static fluids in a multiple-choice test. The results of this study were a quantitative description of the student's ability to interpret the static fluid material. The interpretive ability category was adapted from the n-gain category. The results showed that the category of students' ability to interpret the concept of hydrostatic pressure and Archimedes principle was in the high category with a percentage of 88% and on the Pascal principle it was categorized as low with a percentage of 19%. The results of this study can be a reference for future researchers to improve aspects of understanding interpreting categories in students.