Analysis of the Difficulties of High School Students in Improving Problem Solving Ability in Physics Learning

Abstract

Problem solving skills are very important in the learning process and in everyday life. This study was conducted with the aim of analyzing what factors cause high school students to have difficulty in improving problem solving skills in physics learning. The method used is a Literature Study with qualitative analysis and reviewed 40 journals or articles in the period 2018-2022, journals obtained through Publish or Perish on the Scopus and Google Scholar databases which are certainly from trusted journals. The results obtained in this study are that the models and learning media used must be relevant because they are important factors that must be considered first in improving the problem solving abilities of high school students. In addition, students are only able to write what is known and asked, without knowing how to solve and students also still have difficulty in distinguishing the equations of physics formulas that will be used in solving problems. Efforts to improve problem solving are to use relevant learning models, such as those used by researchers from the literature study that we have done, namely PBL, PjBL, Inquiry and Discovery Learning. And STEM-based learning has also been shown to be effective in several studies to improve the problem-solving abilities of high school students in physics. And students also need a lot of practice in solving problem solving problems.

Mapping Research on Problem-Solving Skills in Physics Education: Bibliometric Analysis

“…Even though a lot of research has been conducted in the aspect of problem-solving abilities, it is necessary to provide an understanding of the focus, methods, and main findings from various previous research literature to determine the need for effective learning to improve problem-solving abilities in physics learning (Indasari et al, 2022;Susilawati et al, 2022;Qotrunnada, 2022). To obtain a clear and comprehensive understanding regarding the challenges faced in the current research literature, further studies need to be carried out to obtain and present a deeper understanding of the problems faced in developing problemsolving abilities in physics education.…”

Characteristics of High School Physics Problem-Solving Skills and Integrating the PBL Model Assisted by E-Book

“…After that, learners must be able to evaluate the results obtained and make appropriate conclusions (Silamon et al, 2020). According to (Amin et al, 2019;Anggraini et al, 2021;Qotrunnada, 2022) physics learning can foster and develop problem solving skills in students. Based on the opinion of (Ceberio et al, 2016;Good et al, 2020;Herayanti et al, 2020;Senhora et al, 2022) an effective way to learn Physics is to solve Physics problems by solving Physics problems independently and structured.…”

Improving Problem-Solving Skills With Problem-Based Learning Models in Optical Wave Courses

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