Analysis on facilities and intensity of utilization of biology laboratories in four state schools in medan

Abstract

This research aims for analyze the completeness of laboratory facilities and the intensity of the utilization of biology laboratories in four State schools in Medan. This type of research was descriptive with quantitative result. Samples were taken at four schools by Cluster Sampling, based on the criteria of SMA Negeri in Medan, namely MAN 1, MAN 2, SMA Negeri 3, and SMA Negeri 4 Medan and their biology teachers. Using data collection techniques consisting of observation sheets to determine the level of availability of facilities and intensity of utilization of laboratory data obtained from the number of practical done and not done as well as using descriptive analysis techniques by calculating the average data value. The results in this study are complete laboratory facilities in the biological category are in good category (77.34) and the intensity of utilization are in high category (82.14).

Profil Kesiapan Laboratorium Biologi untuk Mendukung Kerja Praktik Siswa di MA Al-Ikhwan Kecamatan Kulim, Kota Pekanbaru

“…Dengan demikian komponen laboratorium yang sangat penting dimasukkan kedalam kurikulum. Hal tersebut dibuktikan dari Peraturan Pemerintahan No 32 Tahun 2013 sebagai pengganti PP No 19 Tahun 2005 tentang Standar Pendidikan Nasional, bahwa laboratorium merupakan sarana prasarana yang diperlukan untuk mendukung proses pembelajaran (Mukra et al, 2020).…”

Principals’ management of financial and non-financial resources as correlates of institutional goal fulfilment in secondary schools in calabar metropolis

“…For instance, some scholars have identified the strategies used by principals to manage non-financial resources (Solomon & Nwafor, 2018). Other studies on non-financial resources have focused on school plants (Arowojolu, Yinusa, Ameh & Arowojolu, 2019;Enwezor, 2021;Ohia, 2020), school laboratories (Mukra, Silitonga & Restuati, 2020;Pareek, 2019), agricultural resources (Burrows, Sorensen & Spielmaker, 2020). Related studies on school material resources have examined school physical amenities (Asuquo & Ogar-Ikewn, 2021;Chimekwele & William-Yobo, 2021;Onuh, Eziuzo & Ekweogu, 2021), school buildings (Izobo-Matins, Olotuah, Adeyemi, Ayo-Vaughan & Odetunmibi, 2018;Rönnlund, Bergström & Tieva, 2021;Yildiz, 2020).…”