Implementation of problem-based student worksheet assisted by simulation improving students’ problem-solving skills on static fluid

Abstract

Problem-solving skills is one of the skills that needed in the 21st century and should have provided to students in order to compete at the era of the industrial revolution 4.0. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of using problem-based student worksheets assisted by simulation, on students’s physics problem-solving skills in one senior high schools in Medan. This study used quasi experimental method with nonequivalent control group design. Consistied of 2 group samples selected by cluster sampling technique Steps of problem-solving skills consisted of; define the problem, make some solution problem-solving, method and strategy problem-solving, problem solving applied, and review problem-solving solution. Research instrument is essay test to evaluate the problem-solving skills with overall 10 problem-based items. Result of the analysis shows that there is an effect of implementation the problem-based student worksheet assisted by computer simulation on students’ problem solving on static fluid material. The percentage improvement of student’s problem-solving skills of experimental group is in the medium category for the subject matter of static fluid.