Developing the student worksheet with problem-solving approach to improve critical thinking skills and the concept understanding of physics

Abstract

The study aimed to investigate the quality of the developed student worksheet with a problem-solving approach in line to the determined criteria and the improvement of students’ critical thinking skills and the conceptual understanding of physics by implementing the student’s worksheet. This study was a research and development study by applying the development model by Borg & Gall. The try out subjects of validation product were students of grades X and XI of MAN (Islamic High School) Yogyakarta III. The data collection techniques used validation sheets, observation sheets, evaluation sheets of student’s worksheet, and tests. The product of this research was student’s worksheet with a problem-solving approach on the topic of optical instruments for grade X of senior high school. The evaluation of student’s worksheet by experts, teachers, peer reviewers, and students are at the best categories for learning, construct, and technical aspects. The gained standard score of students’ conceptual understanding and students’ critical thinking skills for grade X who learned through student’s worksheet with a problem-solving approach, called treatment class, were higher than students who learned without student’s worksheet with a problem-solving approach, called control class.

The Effect of Cluster Teaching With Worksheets on Students’ Academic Achievement in Distance Education

“…This increase in the post-test scores of the experimental group students shows that teaching with worksheets is more effective in distance education. This result supports many research results (Ihwan, Prasetyo & Septiyono, 2020;Isik & Ozdemir, 2014;Trisnowati & Sumardi, 2019) showing that teaching with worksheets increases the academic success of students. Isik and Celik (2017) concluded in their research that teaching algebraic equations with worksheets increased student achievement more than teaching with general teaching methods.…”

“…Lee (2014), who stated that the basic way of conveying the message given in the worksheets to the students correctly, is the order, and suggested that when well-designed questions are matched with appropriate teaching methods, they can attract the attention of the students. For example, Trisnowati and Sumardi (2019) examined students' critical thinking and conceptual understanding skills by using worksheets developed with a problem-solving approach in their research. It was observed that the experimental group using worksheets had higher critical thinking and conceptual understanding.…”

Implementation and Results of a New Problem Solving Approach in Physics Teaching

“…The results of this research have been presented for the first time in this research in the physics area had been encountered. This research shows the positive effects of the "Extended Problem-Solving Strategy" implementation in the physics course at the university level on the metacognitive awareness, critical thinking, problem solving and logical thinking skills and each of these skills affects the other skills positively (Halpern, 2010;Hollingworth & McLoughlin, 2001;Lawson, 1978Lawson, , 2004Leniz & Guisasola, 2017;Mendez, Sanchez, & Mendez, 2017;Lucangeli, Galderisi, & Cornoldi, 1995;Tiruneh, Verburgh, & Elen, 2017;Leniz, Zuza, & Guisasola, 2017;Trisnowati & Sumardi, 2019).…”