Using Information Search Strategy to Reconstruct Students' Biology Prior Knowledge

Nur Wakhidah,Erman Erman

doi:10.30870/jppi.v7i1.9994

Abstract

This study aimed to determine changes in students' prior knowledge of preconception reconstruction results using information-seeking strategies in learning. A total of 26 student-teacher candidates at an Islamic university in Surabaya, East Java, were involved voluntarily in this survey research. At the beginning of the lecture, students take part in the pre-test, learning using information searching strategies for seven weeks, and post-test at the end of the lecture. Data analysis was performed using content analysis and t-test understanding analysis to determine changes in student preconceptions. The results showed that there were very significant differences in students' understanding of science due to conceptual changes after learning using information searching strategies. The percentage of students who maintained correct preconceptions was greater than those with incorrect preconceptions. That is what changes the preconception from false to true. The implication is that information searching can help students make decisions to maintain or change their preconceptions.

Highlights

The term "tabula rasa" in education refers to the human condition as a blank paper
After participating in the pre-test, students take basic science learning by using the information search strategy
There is a significant difference in student understanding between before and after learning by using the information search strategy

Summary

INTRODUCTION

The term "tabula rasa" in education refers to the human condition as a blank paper. Locke argues that the mind is a blank white paper that can be filled with experience (Myat & Hlaing, 2020). Students before taking basic science lectures have studied biology from elementary to high school level in the learning process, so it is not like a blank paper This knowledge is known as students' initial knowledge obtained through experience and the learning process. The research data were collected using tests, questionnaires, and students' conceptual development early by examining conceptual changes after using the information search strategy. The description of this change is essential for lecturers to know to plan to learn biology topics in the following semester. We used a survey research design to determine the change in the initial concept of prospective teacher students on basic science material after participating in an information search strategy (Creswell, 2007).

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RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

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