Paper Title :Students’ Conceptions of the Nature of Science
Author :Nur Rahmah, Parsaoran Siahaan
Article Citation :Nur Rahmah ,Parsaoran Siahaan ,
(2018 ) " Students’ Conceptions of the Nature of Science " ,
International Journal of Advances in Science, Engineering and Technology(IJASEAT) ,
pp. 24-27,
Volume-6, Issue-2, Spl. Iss-1
Abstract : This study investigated the understanding of the nature of science of junior high school students in South
Sulawesi. A cross-sectional survey method was implemented in this study. A total of 72 students were selected randomly in
cluster from several schools in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. The instrument was a combination of 28 item likert scale and 7
items of open-ended questionnaires related to seven aspects: tentativeness, empirical, creativity imagination, observations
and inferences, scientific theories and laws, subjectivity, and social-cultural context. The results indicated that students’
understanding of the nature of science was intermediate, suggesting that there are still possible chance for improvement.
Keywords - Junior high school, students’ conceptions, nature of science
Type : Research paper
Published : Volume-6, Issue-2, Spl. Iss-1
DOIONLINE NO - IJASEAT-IRAJ-DOIONLINE-12140
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