Open AccessThe Students’ Prior Knowledge at The Department of History Education within Tertiary Education
Author(s) -
Rully Putri Nirmala Puji,
Syubbanul Wathon,
Mukhamad Zulianto,
Riza Afita Surya,
Fahmi Arif Kurnianto
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/485/1/012041
Subject(s) - strengths and weaknesses , medical education , knowledge level , higher education , sample (material) , descriptive statistics , mathematics education , psychology , medicine , political science , social psychology , statistics , mathematics , chemistry , chromatography , law
Prior knowledge is the knowledge acquired by students before gaining novel knowledge. This study aims to identify students’ prior knowledge at the Department of History Education within university setting. The study applied descriptive statistics with the aid of SPSS. The sample involved in this study was 101 freshmen. The results showed that the students’ prior knowledge was rather low. This was indicated by the score tests showing that the average student were not able to reach the minimum passing criteria. Factual knowledge was found to be at excellent level. The findings highlight the need for schools and higher education institutions to identify students’ prior knowledge to better identify their strengths and weaknesses.