Journal of Educational Research and Evaluation
Vol 7 No 3 (2023): August

The Plant Blindness Profile of Secondary School Students

Selvi Wulandari (Universitas Muhammadiyah Pontianak, Pontianak, Indonesia)
Ari Sunandar (Universitas Muhammadiyah Pontianak, Pontianak, Indonesia)
Anandita Eka Setiadi (Universitas Muhammadiyah Pontianak, Pontianak, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
27 Aug 2023

Abstract

Students' learning abilities, especially about plants, must be broader and more diverse. The lack of knowledge about the existence of plants in the environment so that they forget the role of the plants themselves for life. This study aims to analyze the percentage of plant blindness in secondary school students. The method used in the research is descriptive qualitative. In this study, data collection used questionnaires and interviews, data analysis was used to identify plant blindness in students in recognizing local vegetables by using statistical methods. The results showed that junior high school students had a higher rate of plant blindness than senior high school students. With a score range of ≥70%, junior high school students received 37.77% and senior high school students received 76.20%. Junior high school students with a score range of ≤70 were 62.23% and senior high school students were 23.8%, there is a considerable difference in value between the two value categories. In the future, students are expected to be more interested in knowing plants, especially local vegetables so that they can prevent plant blindness and can conserve local vegetables, besides that, teachers can make local vegetables a new learning resource for students.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JERE

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Education Public Health Social Sciences Other

Description

Journal of Educational Research and Evaluation (JERE) is an interdisciplinary publication of original research and writing on education which publishes papers to international audiences of educational researchers. The JERE aims to provide a forum for scholarly understanding of the field of education ...