Journal of Biology Education
Vol. 13 No. 1 (2024): April 2024

An Exploration of the Biological Cognitive Competencies of 10th Grade Science Pupils in the City of Makassar

Adnan (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
20 Aug 2024

Abstract

This research is survey research, to determine biology cognitive abilities students in grade X students in the public high schools in Makassar City. The study population was all students of class X science from 23 public high schools in Makassar City in the 2022/2023 academic year. Sample withdrawal was carried out using cluster random sampling and simple random sampling techniques. The total number of research samples was 254 students taken from 8 schools, namely: SMAN 4 Makassar, SMAN 5 Makassar, SMAN 6 Makassar, SMAN 9 Makassar, SMAN 14 Makassar, SMAN 16 Makassar, SMAN 20 Makassar, and SMAN 21 Makassar. The instrument used was 25 items of multiple-choice questions. Data collection was done by distributing tests to students. Data analysis was done descriptively. The results showed that the biology cognitive competencies of class X science pupils at public high school in Makassar City in the low category as of many as 81 people (31.89%), medium category as many as 127 people (50%), high category as many as 31 people (12.2%) and very high category as many as 15 people (5.91%). Based on these results, the cognitive ability of biology class X science students of public senior high school in Makassar City is classified in the medium category.

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ujbe

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Subject

Education

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Publishes research articles and conceptual analysis of philosophy, education theory, biology education research, instrument of biology learning tools, biology of learning media, biological experiments developing, and evaluation of biology ...