A CORRELATIONAL STUDY ON SCIENTIFIC THINKING ABILITY AND STUDENTS’ COGNITIVE LEARNING OUTCOME AT TOURISM AREA OF THE SPECIAL REGION OF YOGYAKARTA

Abstract

This study is aimed at determining the correlation between students' scientific thinking ability and students’ learning outcome of the eleventh science (hereafter XI IPA ) in schools at tourism area of the Special Region of Yogyakarta. This research is a quantitative research employing p earson’s correlation analysis. The population of this research is all school at tourism area of the Special Region of Yogyakarta. The sample used in this research is 112 students in high schools located at tourism area of the Special Region of Yogyakarta. The sample of this research is taken through cluster random sampling. The students' scientific thinking skill data were obtained through a scientific thinking skill test consisting of 25 multiple choice questions developed based on aspects of scientific thinking skill. The students' cognitive learning outcomes were obtained through the student's daily tests documentation. The result shows that there is a correlation between the students’ scientific thinking and learning result with the significance level of 0,000 < 0,05 and the Pearson’s correlation value 0.681. This means that there is a strong correlation between the scientific thinking ability and the learning outcome. Based on the finding s , it can be concluded that the scientific thinking ability and the learning outcomes are strongly correlated. The higher the students 'scientific thinking ability , the higher the students' learning outcomes.