Abstract
Good physics teaching in secondary schools and colleges emphasize problem-solving. Although students are effective in conventional tests of problem-solving, there is evidence that they have little or no comprehension of basic concepts. There are two (2) reasons that justify the claim that solving plays a broad role in the physics curriculum at most levels of education, namely problem solving can facilitate students learning physics and physics can assist students in developing the skills needed to solve problems in the real world. This study aims to provide a description of the physics problem-solving ability of Halu Oleo university physics education students on static fluid material. This type of research is a quantitative descriptive study with research subjects in 4 classes of physics education students at Halu Oleo University. The research instrument and data collection made in the form of problem-solving essay test questions given to 120 students from 4 classes. The material of the investigation took one of the topics, namely static fluid. The problem-solving assessment consists of a useful description, physics approach, specific application of physics, mathematical procedures, logical progression adopted from the research of Docktor et al. 2016. The results of the analysis found that in the four classes that were tested on conceptual problem-solving tests, the average of all students were in the useful description category. In other words, students could only translate and organize information from problems into appropriate and useful representations, and summarize the essence of the information provided symbolically, visually and in writing. As for the category of physics approach, specific application of physics, mathematical procedures, logical progression that are in the low category are still weak.
Highlights
Problem-solving is one of the four (4) skills that students need to have in the era of the 21st century
The problem of this study is to investigate and analyze the description of physics problem-solving in the static fluid topic in physics education students in Halu Oleo University
The subjects were students of Department of Physics Education Halu Oleo University studying in 1st year and 2nd year, which consists of 4 classes with the number of students 50 / class
Summary
Problem-solving is one of the four (4) skills that students need to have in the era of the 21st century. Problem-solving is one of the primary skills that need to be held by individuals [1], [2]. Problem-solving is an essential element in the construction of understanding physics concepts [3]. In learning physics instructors are advised to integrate high-level thinking skills through the development of problem-solving [4]. Problem-solving capabilities are the core components of physics learning. Problem-solving can be considered a product of critical thinking [1].
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