Asian Journal of Science Education
Vol 2, No 2: October, 2020

An Identification of The Understanding of Electrical Concept of Student Grade XII of Senior High School 2019/2020 in Central Aceh

Angga Fristian (Syiah Kuala University)
Susanna Susanna (Unknown)
Ahmad Farhan (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
27 Oct 2020

Abstract

This study aims to identify and differentiate the level of understanding of the electrical concepts of students' Grade XII Senior High Schools in Central Aceh. The population of this study was all students of Science students Grade XII Senior High Schools in Central Aceh which consisted of 19 senior high schools. The sample in this study were 115 students from six senior high schools in Central Aceh. The determination of the sample is done by purposive sampling. The approach which used is a qualitative approach with the type of descriptive research. Data collection techniques in this study used the test method. The form of the test instrument used is in the form of a three-tier test with a total of 12 items. The technique of data analysis was used in this study is percentage analysis. The percentage of the results shows there were 7.72% of students understood the concept, 51.52% of students lacked understanding of the concept, and 40.72% of misconceptions students. Thus, it can be concluded that the level of understanding of the electrical concepts of students senior high school in Central Aceh is at level 5 means very poor. As further recommendation for similar research it is best to not only identify the understanding of concepts, but also to overcome the lack of understanding of concepts and misconceptions in students so that students' understanding of concepts increases, especially in electrical concepts.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

AJSE

Publisher

Subject

Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology Chemistry Mathematics Physics

Description

The Asian Journal of Science Education (AJSE) is a scientific publication in the field of Science published by the Department of Physical Education which is directly under the Universitas Syiah Kuala. The basic for publishing this journal is to maintain the existence of higher education institutions ...