Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Business, Law And Pedagogy, ICBLP 2019, 13-15 February 2019, Sidoarjo, Indonesia

Research Article

Practicum-Based Science Teaching: Building Students’ Concept Mastery, Practicum Skills, and Scientific Attitudes

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.13-2-2019.2286085,
        author={Rohani  Rohani and Yennie Indriati Widyaningsih and Abdul  Hakim},
        title={Practicum-Based Science Teaching: Building Students’ Concept Mastery, Practicum Skills, and Scientific Attitudes},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Business, Law And Pedagogy, ICBLP 2019, 13-15 February 2019, Sidoarjo, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={ICBLP},
        year={2019},
        month={10},
        keywords={concept mastery practicum skills scientific attitudes practicum-based science teaching},
        doi={10.4108/eai.13-2-2019.2286085}
    }
    
  • Rohani Rohani
    Yennie Indriati Widyaningsih
    Abdul Hakim
    Year: 2019
    Practicum-Based Science Teaching: Building Students’ Concept Mastery, Practicum Skills, and Scientific Attitudes
    ICBLP
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.13-2-2019.2286085
Rohani Rohani1,*, Yennie Indriati Widyaningsih1, Abdul Hakim1
  • 1: Institut Pendidikan Indonesia
*Contact email: rohani.rohani28@gmail.com

Abstract

This study was focused on building concept mastery, practicum skills, and scientific attitudes among eight grade students through practicum-based science teaching. This study employed a one-group pretest-posttest pre-experimental study design. Measurements were performed using a concept mastery test, a practicum assessment observation instrument, and a scientific attitude assessment observation instrument. The results of data analysis revealed that students’ concept mastery moderately improved by an average <g> of 0.68, practicum skills improved by ≥ 76%, and scientific attitudes improved by 89.28%. It can be concluded that practicum-based science teaching could help build students’ concept mastery, practicum skills, and scientific attitudes.