Profile of science research idea of students of elementary school teacher program in basic natural science

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to describe the profile of student science research. The research was conducted on primary school teacher education (PSTE) students at the University of Mataram. The sample consisted of 111 students determined using the purposive sampling method. The data on student science research ideas are in the form of the research titles they propose. The collection is done using the documentation method. A qualitative analysis was carried out using three criteria, namely the suitability of the topic of the diversity of living things, the correctness of the editorial title, and the urgency of the variables studied to determine the quality of each title. Some of the findings in this study include: (1) there are research ideas that are appropriate (64.86%) and not suitable (35.14%) for the topic of the diversity of living things, (2) from the number of titles that are appropriate to the topic, most of them have the right editorial (68.06%), and (3) of the titles that have the right editorial, only 10.20% have the study variables have urgency. Based on these findings, it can be concluded that students' scientific research ideas that have good quality in terms of conformity to the topic of biodiversity, the accuracy of the editorial title, and the urgency of the variables studied are only a small part. However, 44.14% of the overall research ideas can still be continued to the research stage, and writing the results in scientific papers. This conclusion indicates that massive and continuous efforts and real actions are needed to minimize students' shortcomings, weaknesses, and constraints to have sufficient competence or above.

Analysis of the quality of students science research ideas through the implementation of research-based learning models

“…This finding shows that student competence has increased compared to previous learning, which was not facilitated using the PBR model. Previously, there were still many (35.14%) whose research ideas did not match science topics [12]. This also shows that the RBL model effectively facilitates students to learn science, especially for the science learning process with a new paradigm, namely practice-based [15].…”

“…Data was collected using the documentation method from this number of pieces, and documents extracting research ideas collected via Google Drive links became qualitative data collection instruments [17]. The quality of student research ideas is assessed based on criteria adapted from [12], which consists of 3 criteria. These three criteria are suitability to the scope of science (K-1), editorial accuracy of the research title (K-3), and urgency of the study variables (K-4).…”

“…Compared with previous research results, the proportion of students who miswrote editorial titles was more significant. Previously, the balance related to this matter was 68.06% [12]. Some inappropriate editorial titles and their shortcomings are presented in Table 1.…”

“…Of the number of pictures relevant to science topics, only a few study variables are urgent to proceed to the research stage. The proportion is 10.20% [12]. This means that only a tiny proportion (n%) of all research ideas from students are of good quality.…”