Junior High School Biology Research Articles

The biology teacher profile of junior and senior high school and the use of learning models in Ternate Indonesia

The implementation of instructional models in the classroom significantly impacts students’ learning abilities and achievements. The adoption of a teacher-centered learning approach might lead to reduced student engagement in the learning process, consequently influencing their ability to acquire life skills. The current study aimed to determine the educational attainment, teaching experience, utilization of learning media and application of learning models by junior and senior high school biology teachers in Ternate, Indonesia. This study employed a qualitative research method that utilized survey questionnaires. The respondents were 25 biology teachers of junior high school and 30 biology teachers of senior high school. The research findings showed that (1) 84% of the junior high school biology teachers have the undergraduate education and 16% of them have the master education; 69.77% of those of the senior high school have the undergraduate education and 30.23% of them have the master education. (2) Both the junior and the senior high school biology teachers have over 15 years of teaching experience. (3) Among the junior high school biology teachers, the use of student worksheet is only 20%, and the use of learning media is 14%; Among the senior high school biology teachers, the use of student worksheet is 36.66% and the use of learning media is 23.33%. (4) The uses of conventional learning and the use of cooperative learnings among junior high school biology teachers are 83% and 17%, respectively; where as among those of senior high school are 73.34% and 26.66%, respectively. In conclusion, the educational qualifications of junior and senior high school biology teachers in Ternate have satisfied the necessary criteria for teaching. However, the teachers have not been able to enhance the quality of education in the city. This highlights the importance of developing innovative learning models to improve the learning abilities and achievements.

Research on the Strategy of Infiltrating Labor Education in Junior High School Biology Teaching

Research on the Strategy of Infiltrating Labor Education in Junior High School Biology Teaching

Current Situation and Countermeasure Analysis of History of Biological Science Teaching in Junior Middle School under the Background of New Media—Taking the People’s Education Press Junior High School Biology as an Example

Current Situation and Countermeasure Analysis of History of Biological Science Teaching in Junior Middle School under the Background of New Media—Taking the People’s Education Press Junior High School Biology as an Example

PENGEMBANGAN BOOKLET TUMBUHAN ANGGREK ALAM SEBAGAI BAHAN AJAR PADA TOPIK PLANTAE UNTUK SMA/MA

This study aims to develop a booklet of types of natural orchids that are used as teaching materials on plantae material for junior high school students. The booklet contains pictures of the original types of orchids found in the Jorong Harapan Tinggam Community Forest, Talamau District, West Pasaman by describing the characteristics, morphology, classification, reproduction and role of orchids in life. The development of this booklet uses a 4-D model consisting of define, design, develop, and disseminate phase. The research carried out is only up to the develop stage, namely the validity test. This research was conducted in February 2022 at the PGRI Sumatera Barat University. The instrument used is a validity questionnaire, which be judged by of three validators, namely botanists, learning media experts and junior high school biology topics experts. The booklet validator includes three aspects of the assessment in terms of the feasibility of the content getting a score of 89%, the linguistic aspect is 87%, the didactic aspect is 86%, and the graphic aspect is 85%. The booklet that was developed as a whole got very valid results with a validation value of 86.75%.

A META-ANALYSIS STUDY OF IMPLEMENTING ACTIVE LEARNING STRATEGY TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ COGNITIVE LEARNING OUTCOMES IN JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL FOR BIOLOGY SUBJECT

The quality of good education can be seen from the learning process which is carried out. A few phenomena occur in relation to learning problems which is caused by students’ lack of interest and poor learning outcomes in Biology subject. This research aims to find out the improvement of students’ learning outcomes in Junior and Senior High School Biology subject using active learning strategy through meta-analysis study. This research was a literature review study through meta-analysis research design with a proportion. The articles were found on the website of international journal, accredited national journal, and non-accredited national journal, proceedings, undergraduate thesis, and repository. Those articles were validated by adapting three criteria, which were up to date (last 10 years) and PTK with Minimum Completeness Score of 75. Therefore, 30 articles were obtained from two international journals, four national journals, 17 accredited journals, and three undergraduate theses. The data were analyzed using Cohen’s effect size technique. The result of the meta-analysis research showed that an active learning strategy was able to improve students’ cognitive learning outcomes in Biology subject with an effect size average of 0.857 in the big category. The learning model that had the highest effect size score was a team quiz possessing effect size score of 0.975 in the big category. The result of the Q test for homogeneity was 26.833 and the p-value was 0.001, meaning homogeneous. The Z test result was 78.540 and the p-value was 0.01 which showed significant analysis results. The florest plot result of students who completed was around 86% which showed that students who completed the KKM were more than 75%. The result of Eiger’s Test p-value was 0.527, meaning that there was no bias on publication of the meta-analysis study which was conducted. The Fail-Safe N score was 65485 and p-value was 0.001, meaning that there was no bias on publication of meta-analysis study, so it could be scientifically justified.

The Application of Information-based Teaching Strategy in Junior High School Biology Teaching —— Taking "Photosynthesis" as an Example

The Application of Information-based Teaching Strategy in Junior High School Biology Teaching —— Taking "Photosynthesis" as an Example

Research on the Homework Design of Junior High School Biology from the Perspective of Large Unit

Research on the Homework Design of Junior High School Biology from the Perspective of Large Unit

The Effect of Multiple Intelligences Teaching on Biology Learning of High School Students

Theory of multiple intelligences (MI theory) is a new theory of human intelligence structure, which provides theoretical guidance for teaching optimization. This study aims to understand the effect of multiple intelligences teaching on the biological multiple intelligences of high school students. In this quasi-experimental study, the experimental group received instruction based on MI theory and the control group received traditional lectures. The formal multiple intelligences assessment scale [youth version] was used for investigation, comparing and analyzing the difference of multiple intelligences level between experimental group and control group after teaching by T test. The data shows that after the implementation of multiple intelligences teaching, the students in the experimental group are significantly better than the control group in terms of multiple intelligences, indicating that the teaching of metaintelligence has a positive effect on the comprehensive quality of students. Therefore, in the future junior high school biology teaching, the multiple intelligence teaching mode should be applied to tap the potential of each student and achieve better teaching results.

Smart Use of Micro Class to Build Junior High School Biology Efficient Classroom

Smart Use of Micro Class to Build Junior High School Biology Efficient Classroom

The learning continuum of anatomical and physiological aspects based on the difficulty levels

Determining the level of difficulty and student development is important in the learning continuum, especially the anatomical and physiological aspects. This study aimed to collect teachers' opinions about the learning continuum of anatomical and physiological aspects based on its difficulty level. This survey research was conducted in the cities of Bantul and Yogyakarta using a questionnaire. The selection of respondents through convenience sampling, totaling 111 teachers consisting of 68 junior high school science teachers and 43 junior high school biology teachers. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics to determine the mode of teachers’ opinions. The results of this study indicate that the learning continuum in grade X of senior high school based on difficulty level in anatomical and physiological aspects, especially multicellular and unicellular concept has not yet been formed, with the difficulty at level 4. Therefore it is necessary to the provision of subject matter is sorted from easy to difficult and adjusted to the level of development of students at each level.

Junior High School Biology Teacher

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A Brief Discussion on the Construction of Life Teaching Mode in Junior High School Biology Classroom

A Brief Discussion on the Construction of Life Teaching Mode in Junior High School Biology Classroom

The presence of the Problem-based Learning syntax in junior high school biology textbooks

Learning resources and learning models are the two main components that determine learning success. Of the many learning models, Problem-based Learning (PBL) is one of the most recommended in biology learning. The purpose of this content analysis was to identify the emergence of PBL syntax in junior high school biology textbooks. The population in this study were all biology textbooks for the VII graders, while the sample was three biology textbooks that are often used by VII graders in Surakarta. As the results, the averages of each PBL step emerged in the textbooks analyzed i.e. problem-oriented activity, organizing to collect data, assisting independent investigations, artifacts presentations, and analyzed/evaluated the process of overcoming the problem were 17%, 47%, 23%, 2%, and 11%, respectively. Thus, it can be concluded that the biology textbooks analyzed have applied PBL learning models, yet the proportion between steps is not balanced.

The Effect of Personality and Motivation on Junior High School Biology Teacher’s Citizenship Behavior

Adopting to development of technology at the era of globalization, quality of human resource has a vital role in improving the quality of education which mostly depend on teachers’ quality as well. This research, therefore, aimed at finding out whether teachers’ personality (big-five personality) and motivation affected on teachers’ citizenship behavior/CB (performance). A causal survey used by selecting 81 teachers randomly. Three instruments developed to measure personality with reliability of .930, motivation (.918), and citizenship behavior with reliability of .884. Data was analyzed by regression, correlation and path analysis. Research results showed that teachers’ motivation was good and non significant as mediated factor between personality and teachers’ CB, personality directly and significantly affect teachers’ CB, and motivation directly and significantly affect teachers’ CB. Based on these findings, it could be concluded that variation of teachers’ CB or in more specific, teachers’ performance, influenced by teachers’ personality and motivation variation, so when biological teachers’ performance would be improved, the role of teachers’ personality (big-five factors) and motivation should be taken into consideration, especially in making decision in improving continuously the quality of junior high school, particularly biological teaching and learning.

Students' Personal Connection with Science: Investigating the Multidimensional Phenomenological Structure of Self-Relevance

ABSTRACTThis paper presents findings from a two-phase mixed methods study investigating the phenomenological structure of self-relevance among ninth-grade junior high school biology students (Phase 1: N = 118; Phase 2: N = 139). We begin with a phenomenological multidimensional definition of self-relevance as comprising three dimensions: the academic content, the student's identity, and the connection between content and identity. We then describe the procedure of coding students’ writing about the relevance of biology concepts to their life, the development of a survey that captures these codes, and the results of exploratory factor and multidimensional scaling analyses that supported the three-component phenomenological structure of students’ relevance constructions across different subgroups while simultaneously highlighting the complex and situated nature of these self-relevance constructions.

Implementing A Flipped Classroom: A Case Study of Biology Teaching in A Greek High School

The purpose of this study was to investigate the application of the model of the “flipped classroom” as a complementary method to school distance education in junior high school Biology. The “flipped classroom” model attempts a different way of organizing the educational process according to which the traditional methods of learning at school and studying at home are interchanged, the learners’ active involvement is supported, their autonomy is reinforced, ICT is utilized and learning occurs partially by distance (blended learning). We performed an action research implementing flipped classroom in Biology teaching in a class of 17 students attending the1st year of junior high school. The educational platform used was the Learning Activity Management System (LAMS). The findings were evaluated qualitative rather than quantitative, and can provide evidence about the prevailing situation. During the action research, it became evident that time management in the classroom was improved. Furthermore, it was observed that students’ involvement in the educational process was also improved. Students had already familiarized themselves with the cognitive aspect of the lesson before entering the class and they considered the learning process as an individual affair which does not only depend on the teacher. The implementation of digital activities accomplished by distance led to taking action and initiative and finally to active learning. School distance education combined with the radical development of ICT can be complementary with the use of various methods, like the “flipped learning”, and give a new perspective and potential to the limited choices of conventional education in the Greek educational system which is worth further investigation.

Multidimensional Computerized Adaptive Testing for Indonesia Junior High School Biology

Background:This paper describes a curriculum-based multidimensional computerized adaptive test that was developed for Indonesia junior high school Biology.Materials and methods:In adherence to the Indonesian curriculum of different Biology dimensions, 300 items was constructed, and then tested to 2238 students. A multidimensional random coefficients multinomial logit model was used to develop multidimensional scales.Results:A simulation study based on the item and ability parameters estimated from real data is conducted to evaluate the performance of the proposed Biology-MCAT system. The results show that the bias and standard error of Biology-MCAT system are acceptable.Conclusions:It suggests that, this online assessment system can be a model for Indonesian National Examination in future.

A Senior Teacher’s Implementation of Technology Integration

This study investigated whether a senior teacher with many years of teaching experience, despite lacking adequate technology skills or contending with other barriers, can sufficiently implement technology integration in the classroom. The research was conducted between October 2013 and January 2014 and was focused on a junior high school biology teacher with 17 years of instructional experience. A qualitative method involving semistructured interviews and classroom observation of 4 conducted lessons was used to explore the teacher’s implementation of technology integration. The analytical results showed that the teacher’s perspectives on technology integration ranged from “technology as a tool for teaching” to “technology as a learning activator.” Moreover, external factors such as poor technology management affected the teacher’s implementation of technology integration. In addition, the teacher developed a technological-pedagogical-content-knowledge base, building on current pedagogical content knowledge. The findings of this study enhance the general understanding of the development and implementation of senior teachers regarding technology integration, as well as the integration of subject content and pedagogical knowledge in teaching.

Study the Effectiveness of Technology-Enhanced Interactive Teaching Environment on Student Learning of Junior High School Biology

This research investigates the effectiveness of integrating Interactive Whiteboard (IWB) into the junior high school biology teaching. This research adopts a quasi-experimental design and divides the participating students into the conventional ICT-integrated learning environment and IWB-integrated learning environment. Before teaching, students took the pre-test of summative assessment. The entire teaching process was recorded as a teaching video for analysis of teacher-student verbal interactions. Finally, students took the post-test of summative assessment and Constructivist Multimedia Learning Environment Survey (Maro & Fraser, 2005). The findings show that students in the IWB group have significantly better learning effectiveness. They also tend to have more positive attitudes towards their learning environment. The verbal interactions in the IWB group tend to involve less lecturing and more active participation by students.

Tracking invasive birds: a programme for implementing dynamic open inquiry learning and conservation education

Among potential topics in the new science of biodiversity, understanding the characteristics and impact of invasive birds is an attractive subject to include as part of junior high school biology studies. Birds are aesthetic and raise curiosity. Curiosity about birds, combined with field observations, can stimulate students to ask authentic questions. As birds are among the few wild vertebrates that one can easily observe, students can easily develop systematic methods to answer their questions and initiate a dynamic open inquiry process. The educational project ‘Tracking Invasive Birds’, presented here as a case study, is the result of a unique collaboration among conservation biologists, science educators and biology teachers. High school students participated in an open inquiry process facilitated by teachers, ecologists, and science educators. At the end of the inquiry process, these high school students conducted a bird watching tour for junior high school students. This paper shows how investigating a conservation environmental issue – invasive birds – contributes to the development of both dynamic open inquiry skills and environmental literacy among 11th‐ and 12th‐grade students.