Teaching Science Process Skills by Using the 5-Stage Learning Cycle in Junior High School

Abstract

Abstract. Science process skills are a set of skills used in scientific activities. Students with science process skills are actively involved in learning. Opportunities to be actively involved in learning can be obtained by students if the learning stage is designed in such a way. This article is about a lesson that is expected to teach students' science process skills and can help build their understanding of the concept of buoyant force. This learning can be carried out for students at the junior high school level. This learning process uses the 5-stage learning cycle consisting of observation, manipulation, generalization, verification, and application phase. Each activity is expected to facilitates students to develop science process skills such as observing, inferring, predicting, asking questions, constructing hypotheses , designing experiments, applying concepts, and communicating.

Scientific process skills: Preliminary study towards senior high school student in Palembang

“…Scientific process skills are directed to the both cognitive and psychomotor abilities to carry out scientific investigations, find concepts, principles, as well as theories to develop pre-existing concepts (Akani, 2015;Germann, 1989;Heong et al, 2011;Safaah, Muslim, & Liliawati, 2017). As the foundation of scientific method, these skills are divided into two groups i.e.…”

“…It is compulsory to provide education, which accommodates and supports students' scientific process skills. However, nowadays education in Indonesia has not develop these skills comprehensively yet (Irwanto et al, 2017;Safaah et al, 2017;Siahaan, Suryani, Kaniawati, Suhendi, & Samsudin, 2017;Sukarno, Permanasari, & Hamidah, 2013;Sunyono, 2018;Susanti, Anwar, & Ermayanti, 2018). International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) reported that the trend of science achievement of 4 th grade of Indonesian students' was low.…”

Analysis of Students' Science Process Skills on the Concept of Material Classification and its Changes in the Junior High School

“…The aspect of prediction relates to students' skills in estimating a possibility or tendency based on data or observations (Rustaman, 2005). Students are said to have this skill if they can express something that might occur based on patterns of previous observations (Safaah et al, 2017). The results of this study showed that students' ability to predict was still in a sufficient category in the two questions presented.…”

“…Therefore, it is necessary to dissect and improve the skills of this observing aspect. It is because the skills of observing aspects are the basic skills that students must master very well (Safaah, Muslim, & Liliawati, 2017) The next aspect that was measurable and needed to be improved was the prediction aspect. The aspect of prediction relates to students' skills in estimating a possibility or tendency based on data or observations (Rustaman, 2005).…”

The Effectiveness of Geography Learning in the 2013 Curriculum

“…Approach scientific scientifically based by Subiyanto [13] Run to ng coup two aspects of skill, which aspects of basic skills (consisting of observation, classification, communication, measurement, prediction, and conclusion) and the skill aspect integrated (comprising the identification of variables, create tables data, create charts, construct hypotheses and conduct experiments. Skills learning process consisted of nine steps of observation, interpretation, classification, prediction, communication, hypothesize, design experiments, apply concepts, and ask questions [14]. Curriculum 2013 which emphasizes the scientific approach to the implementation process, is very easy to do in geography learning.…”