Open AccessThe Problem-Solving Skills of Senior High School Students on Biology in Temanggung
Author(s) -
Alfiyani Lestari,
Djukri
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1241/1/012019
Subject(s) - mathematics education , cluster sampling , sma* , sample (material) , population , class (philosophy) , data collection , psychology , test (biology) , mathematics , biology , computer science , statistics , demography , sociology , paleontology , chemistry , chromatography , combinatorics , artificial intelligence
The study aimed to determine the level of Senior High school students’ problem-solving skills and to identify students’ problem-solving skills based on gender. This study was a descriptive study by using survey method. The population of this study was all of the eleventh-grade students from mathematics and natural science class in SMA N 1 Temanggung, SMA N 3 Temanggung, and SMA N 1 Pringsurat, with 191 students as the sample. The sampling technique was cluster sampling. Data collection was conducted by providing a question in the form of problem-solving essays. The score category level to analyze student’s problem-solving skills level and inferential statistics with independent sample t-test to analyze problem-solving skills based on gender. The result of the study showed that (1) the problem-solving skills level of Senior High school students in Temanggung mostly in the moderate category, (2) there is a significant difference of problem-solving skills in students based on gender. Female students have higher problem-solving skills than male students.