IMPROVING AFFECTIVE AND COGNITIVE ABILITIES BY DEVELOPING
SCIENCE PROCESS SKILLS ON THE SUBJECT OF FACTORS
INFLUENCING PLANTS’ GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF EIGHTGRADE STUDENTS OF SMPN 4 DEPOK IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF
2010/2011
By:
Donatalia
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ABSTRACT
This study aims at improving the biology teaching process on the subject of
factors influencing plants’ growth and development to improve the affective and
cognitive abilities indicated by the development of the science process skills of the
students of class VIII-D of SMP Negeri 4 Depok, Babarsari, Yogyakarta.
The research design was classroom action research. The research subject was 27
students of class VIII-D of SMP Negeri 4 Depok located in Babarsari, Yogyakarta. This
study consisted of 1 cycle. Cycle 1 used the subject of factors influencing plants’ growth
and development. The affective data were gained by A1 (receiving), A2 (responding), A3
(valuing), A4 (organizing), and A5 (characterizing). The cognitive data were gained
trough a pretest and a posttest while science process skills were gained through
observations of the teaching process and working sheets. All data were analyzed
descriptively by percentage.
The research results showed that the affective and cognitive abilities through the
development of the science process skills could improve the biology teaching process.
The improvement of the biology teaching process was indicated by the development of
students’ science process skills. The science process skills developed were identifying
problems, formulating problems, using tools and materials, experimenting, observing,
measuring, and concluding.
Keywords
: affective abilities, cognitive abilities, science process skills, factors
influencing plants’ growth and development.