Kualitas Argumentasi Ilmiah Siswa pada Materi Hukum Newton

Wardani, Adetya Dewi
Yuliati, Lia
Taufiq, Ahmad

Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan
Vol. 3, No. 10

Newton’s Law is a part of many topics that need scientific argumentation skills. The purpose of this research is to identify the student’s argumentation quality in Newton’s Law. This study was performed by means a descriptive quantitative design to find the argumentation quality of 105 high school students in Blitar regency. The results of data analysis showed that most dominant quality of argumentation of the students were arguments consisting of claims versus claims or counter claims in level 1. Furthermore, the students sometimes made a claim based on their improper understanding of Newton’s law.