Abstract
This study aimed at analyzing XI grade students’ scientific thinking abilities on the implementation of the scientific approach. 82 students of XI grade science class at three state senior high schools in Surakarta involved in this study. The students’ scientific thinking abilities illustrated as the students’ competence in seven aspects: the purpose of science; science question, science information, science interpretation, science concept, science assumption, science implication (Paul & Elder, 2003). The data on students’ scientific thinking abilities were collected using essay test on worksheet and interview methods. The instrument had been validated by expert judgement and students as a user. The scores were used to represent the students’ scientific thinking abilities in three categories (low, middle,high). The results of the study showed that students’ competence in seven aspects of scientific thinking abilities: purpose of science (62,00%); science question (36,6%), science information (39,66%), science interpretation (41,00%), science concept (43,33), science assumption (38,33%), science implication (21,33%). Therefore, it concluded that the XI grade students’ scientific thinking abilities on the implementation of scientific approach was at the low category. It was suggested that the learning model based scientific approach be conducted for the students’ scientific thinking abilities improvement.
Highlights
There are 4 skills demanded for 21st century generation called the 4C (Osman et al, 2013; Manzon, 2017; Howard et al, 2015)
From the observation data showed that teachers have not implemented a scientific approach to learning optimally
The teachers remained dominating the learning process and tended to be teacher centered. This was supported by the results of interviews with teachers that 75% of them declared a lack of understanding of scientific approaches, especially with regard to its implementation
Summary
There are 4 skills demanded for 21st century generation called the 4C (creativity and innovation, critical thinking and problem solving, communication, and collaboration) (Osman et al, 2013; Manzon, 2017; Howard et al, 2015). The 21st century education is required to empower the students’ scientific abilities (Osborne, 2013). Scientific thinking is a form of knowledge seeking that involves the process of thinking to increase knowledge or intellectual; thereby, scientific thinking ability is not what already in a person’s mind but the process of thinking that. Dermawan / JPII 7 (3) (2018) 341-346
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