Journal of Educational Sciences
Vol 2. No. 2. July 2018

Science Process Skills and Attitudes toward Science of Lower Secondary Students of Merbau Island: A  Preliminary Study on the Development of MaritimeBased Contextual Science Learning Media

Zulirfan, Zulirfan (Unknown)
Rahmad, Muhammad (Unknown)
Yennita, Yennita (Unknown)
Kurnia, Nina (Unknown)
Hadi, Muhammad Sofyan (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
24 Jul 2018

Abstract

Science learning outcomes such as science process skills andattitudes toward science are still important issues in science education. Inthis study the researchers tried to get a picture of the students' learningoutcomes to get input on the learning process of science in the coastal area.As an initial study of the development of maritime-based contextual sciencelearning media, the purpose of this research is to know the extent of scienceprocess skill level, attitude toward science, and academic achievement ofstudents in coastal area. There were 114 students of the 8th grade of fourlower secondary schools in Merbau Island participated as respondents in thisstudy. Instruments used in data collection are science process skills tests andattitude toward science questionnaires for lower secondary school students.The results showed that 8th grade lower secondary school students inMerbau Island had high attitude toward science. On the contrary, the scienceprocess skills and academic achievement of their science are relatively low.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JES

Publisher

Subject

Religion Humanities Education Library & Information Science Other

Description

JES publishes original articles on the latest issues and trends occurring regionally and internationally in the educational sciences with the aim to advance our knowledge both in term of theory and practice. Moreover, this journal also covers the issues concerned with the following special sections: ...