The Effect of ARICESA on Achievement Motivation and Understanding of Basic Science Concepts for Prospective Teacher Students

Abstract

The aim of this research to determine effect of the application ARICESA on student teacher achievement motivation and understanding of basic concepts. The subjects in this study were 34 students in the Department of Elementary School Teacher Education, Universitas Bhinneka PGRI Indonesia. One group pretest-posttest design was used in this study. The achievement motivation of prospective teachers is measured by a motivational questionnaire and understanding of basic concepts is measured by a conceptual test of concept understanding as a pre-test and post-test. Data analysis with t-test and prerequisite test and N-gains core. The results showed a significant increase in motivation effect for 5 indicators of achievement motivation with moderate criteria with an N-gain value range of 0.62 to 0.66 and the normalized mean N-gain is 0.65 in the medium criteria. There is a significant effect of increasing understanding of basic science concepts with a range of N-gain coefficients from 0.72 to 0.77 and a normalized average N-gain of 0.75 with high criteria.