Teachers’ and Students’ Perceptions on The Use of SSI-based Assessment Instrument for Measuring Students’ Ability to Collaborate

The purpose of this study was to analyze and explain teachers’ and students’ perceptions on the SSI-based assessment instrument for measuring students’ ability to collaborate. The method used was the descriptive method. The samples of this study cover ten junior high school teachers and one hundred junior high school students from ten different schools. Data collection was administered by means of questionnaires, while the proportions technique was used for analyzing the collected data. The results show that teachers' perceptions on the SSI-based instrument assessment in the implementation aspect were in low category, because in the learning process the teachers did not raised the issue of science (SSI) often (medium category). Learners' perceptions of the aspect of collaboration ability were also in low category as teachers have not assessed learners' ability to collaborate. It can be concluded that the SSI-based assessment instrument is needed by both teachers and learners to accurately measure learners’ ability to collaborate.