The Profile of Science Process Skill (SPS) Student at Senior High
School in Pesawaran Regency Lampung
Ummi Nur Afinni Dwi Jayanti1, Herawati Susilo2 ummiafinni2310@gmail.com, , herawati.susilo.fmipa@um.ac.id, Universitas Negeri Malang
Abstract: Science process skill is a precursor of creativity, critical thinking and
problem-solving skills that are needed in the 21 st century. Science, especially biology, contributes to developing this skill. The study investigated high school students' science process skills in Pesawaran regency, Lampung. The purpose of this research is to determine the level of students’ science process skills in grade 10, 11 and 12 based on gender difference as well as to investigate the influence of grade level and gender difference in students’ science process skills.This research was conducted at three Senior High Schools in Pesawaran in August 2017 using 247 samples: 85, 75, and 87 in grade 10, 11 and 12 respectively. A 20-item test of science process skills developed by Erminingsih (2012) was administered. This research was a survey and used a quantitative descriptive analysis (t-test and ANOVA ONE WAY). The result showed that the average science process skills for grade 10, 11 and 12 were 63,55%, 64,44%, and 67,91% respectively and categorized as good enough. The further analysis related to the science process skills indicators showed that students' skill to measure, state the problem, make hypotheses, design the experiment, and communicate the experiment results were categorized poor. There are no statistically differences of science process skill between female and male as well as based on class grade. The conclusion is the teachings of science in high schools in Pesawaran are good enough to develop students' basic science process skills. However, there is still a need to put more attention to optimize some of poor categorized of integrated science process skills indicators.
Keywords: Profile, Science Process Skills, Senior High School