Student’s research skills in middle school of Kuningan district

Abstract

This exploratory study aimed to analyze the research skills and to explore the authentic research abilities that can support students’ research skills. The study engaged sixty-eight students of science class from two schools in Kuningan district. The data was collected through research skills tests, consist of 11 items of essay questions including seven components of research skills: 1) Understanding phenomena and identifying problems, 2) formulating problems, 3) composing hypotheses, 4) making research designs, 5) implementing experiments and collecting data, 6) analysing data, and 7) making conclusions. The results revealed that the authentic research abilities of students based on, the seven components of research skills were very lacking. The average score of the rubric was 1, it meant that the students were less skilled. The largest percentage of the average test score in both of schools showed that they were in very less category, 72% (first school) and 79% (second school). The analysis on seven components of student research skills was still in the range of the score 0-1.

The Effectiveness of Science Learning Research Skills: A Meta-Analysis Study

“…The achievement of research skill competencies in Indonesia at the secondary and higher education levels is still relatively low, which is confirmed by research conducted by Sari et al (2019); Roito et al (2019);and Nurlaelah et al (2020) with the conclusion that students still lack mastery of research procedures, implementation, and reporting. At the university level, the mastery of research skills is low, especially in the aspect of intellectual ability (Aripin et al, 2021), the implementation stage of research (Solihat, 2015;Maknun et al, 2020), and research data analysis (Subekti et al, 2018).…”

“…The research skill method mainly was used the inquiry method (Azizah & dan Parmin, 2012); (Craig & Bielenberg, 2015); (Chu, 2008); (Rodríguez et al, 2019); project-based learning (Maknun et al, 2019); (Maskall & Cotterell, 2011), (Prahmana, 2015), Step-by-Step-model (Roito et al, 2019); Research skills training (Gyuris, 2018); personal reflection (Solihat, 2015); practicum (Nurlaelah et al, 2020); experiments (Sabirova & Zakirova, 2015); virtual laboratory (Bortnik et al, 2017); game-based learning (Abbott, 2019); experience study (Subekti et al, 2018). A total of two studies were carried out at the elementary school level (Sabirova & Zakirova, 2015); (Chu, 2008); one research at the junior high school level (Nurlaelah et al, 2020) and one research at the high school level (Roito et al, 2019), the rest were carried out in universities. The distribution of the effect of the methods used in this research is shown in table 1 with low impact (Nurlaelah et al, 2020).…”

“…A total of two studies were carried out at the elementary school level (Sabirova & Zakirova, 2015); (Chu, 2008); one research at the junior high school level (Nurlaelah et al, 2020) and one research at the high school level (Roito et al, 2019), the rest were carried out in universities. The distribution of the effect of the methods used in this research is shown in table 1 with low impact (Nurlaelah et al, 2020). The highest effect in this reseacrh (Rodríguez et al, 2019).…”

“…Project-based learning methods (Maknun, et al, 2019); (Maskall & Cotterell, 2011), researchbased learning (Prahmana, 2015), Step-by-Step-model (Roito et al, 2019); Research skills training (Gyuris, 2018); personal reflection (Solihat, 2015); practicum (Nurlaelah et al, 2020); experiments (Sabirova & Zakirova, 2015); virtual laboratory (Bortnik et al, 2017); game-based learning (Abbott, 2019); experience study (Subekti et al, 2018) explained that this method gave the influence to research skills. All method analysis had a positive effect on improving research skills with various effects.…”

Analysis of Integrated Science Process Skills and Problem-Solving Abilities Through Mini-Research Learning of Biology Students

“…Basically, KPS is very important to be trained in learning, because KPS is an ability that scientists use while working and also a competency needed when solving scientific problems [17]. Research skills help students to critically investigate problems, produce, and evaluate relevant data, test ideas, theories, and hypotheses, and successfully guide the way for them to navigate the sea of information that characterizes the era information [12].…”