A profile of senior high school students’ science process skills on heat material

Abstract

In physics learning, students need to be trained to develop Science Process Skills (SPS). This research is pre-experiment research. The main objective of this research is to analyze the profile of senior high school students’ SPS on heat material. The subjects of this research were senior high school students in Indonesia. The sample of this research was 110 students of class X senior high school, first year. Determination of the sample in this research using purposive sampling. The SPS Test Instrument (SPSTI) to determine the profile of senior high school students’ SPS on heat material. SPSTI consists of eight indicators: Formulating the problem; Formulate a hypothesis; Identifying experimental variables; Defines the operational definition of the experimental variable; Designing experimental procedures; Creating graph; Data analysis; Formulating conclusions. This instrument has been declared valid and reliable by the three experts. In the case of this research, the profile of senior high school students’ SPS on heat material is generally still at a low level. The implication of this research can be used as empirical evidence that senior high school students’ SPS on heat material still needs to be improved.