The Investigation on University Students' Science Process Skills and Chemistry Attitudes at the Laboratory Course

Autor/inn/en	Irwanto; Rohaeti, Eli; Prodjosantoso, Anti Kolonial
Titel	The Investigation on University Students' Science Process Skills and Chemistry Attitudes at the Laboratory Course
Quelle	In: Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 19 (2018) 2, Artikel 7 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1609-4913
Schlagwörter	Chemistry; Science Process Skills; Science Instruction; Reliability; Student Attitudes; Correlation; Scores; Scientific Attitudes; Undergraduate Students; Check Lists; Classification; Positive Attitudes; Gender Differences; Teaching Methods; Foreign Countries; Indonesia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Chemie; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Reliabilität; Schülerverhalten; Korrelation; Checkliste; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Geschlechterkonflikt; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Ausland; Indonesien
Abstract	It is important to enable the students to have the scientific skills and attitudes which are well developed in order that students can be competitive in the global society, however, it appears that many students are lacking these required competences. As such, this research aims to investigate the Science Process Skills (SPS) and Chemistry Attitudes (CA) and analyze the correlation between those two variables. Convenience sampling was executed to select 152 undergraduate chemistry students at the Yogyakarta State University in the academic year 2017-2018. This survey involved quantitative method and correlational design. The data were obtained by using Science Process Skills Observation Checklist (SPSOC) and Attitudes towards Chemistry Scale (ATCS). The Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient of each instrument was 0.88 and 0.84 respectively. The descriptive statistic, T-test, Pearson correlation, and regression analysis were used at significance level 0.05. Based on the findings, students' SPS and CA were classified low and moderate respectively. There was significant difference between SPS and CA scores based on gender in favor of female students. Additionally, there was significant difference between students' SPS and CA scores based on grade levels in favor of second-year students. According to the result of the correlation and regression analysis also showed a high positive and significant correlation between SPS and CA. It can be concluded that students who have high SPS score tend to have positive attitudes towards chemistry. Implications of the findings on the pedagogical practices have been discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01