SEJ (Science Education Journal)
Vol 3 No 2 (2019): November

Connecting Science with Story Tale: How Sainsmatika Story Tale Book Decrease Science Anxiety of 4th Graders Student

Agnestasia Ramadhani Putri (Postgraduate Program of Primary Education, Yogyakarta State University)
Ali Mustadi (Postgraduate Program of Primary Education, Yogyakarta State University)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Nov 2019

Abstract

This study investigating the effectiveness of using Sainsmatika story tale book towards student science anxiety. The study were an experimental research with pretest-posttest control-group design, involving 122 fourth-grade students in one of the district in Indonesia. Characteristically, this research employs quantitative data which were collected from the questionnaire results regarding science anxiety. The data were analyzed using statistical methods to calculate the values and determine the frequency as well as the mean of pretest and posttest scores in control and experimental classes. To determine the effectiveness of using fairytale books to reduce students’ science anxiety, the one-way analysis of ANOVA was used with a significant difference at the level of Sig < 0.05. The results of this study reveal that the use of sainsmatika-based fairytale books is effective to reduce science anxiety of the fourth-grade students with significancy 0.00 (<0.05).

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Journal Info

Abbrev

sej

Publisher

Subject

Education

Description

Aim: to facilitate scholar, researchers, and teachers for publishing the original articles of review articles. Scope: Natural Science Education at primary, secondary, and higher education include: 1. Physics Education 2. Biology Education 3. Chemistry Education 4. Integrated Science ...