Analysis of senior high school students’ ability to understand concept and adversity quotient on elasticity

Abstract

This study aims to determine the ability to understand the concept and adversity quotient of tenth-grade students on elasticity. This research is a single case study where the purpose of the study is to examine the conditions and situations that are happening, thus providing a picture based on facts found in the field. The design of this study is the post-only group design. Data analysis techniques using the Rasch model with a research sample of 30 students consisting of 11 male students and 19 female students. The instrument used in this study was a test of concept comprehension ability with multiple choice questions of 15 questions (r = 0.62) and an adversity quotient questionnaire with an Adversity Response Profile (ARP) questionnaire of 20 statements (r = 0.77). The results showed that in general the ability to understand concepts in each concept was low and the adversity quotient also showed that the majority of students had moderate fighting power (camper). The conclusion of this study is that there must be a treatment that makes students able to understand physical concepts such as models or learning methods and makes students able to face and overcome difficulties in learning physics.