PENGARUH PENGGUNAAN LEMBAR KERJA SISWA (LKS) BERBASIS SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION POKOK BAHASAN RANGKAIAN ARUS SEARAH TERHADAP KEMAMPUAN SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION SISWA DI SMK

Abstract

For making students’ understanding about content of knowledge can be done by
increasing their scientific explanatory skill, in which this skill can be done through
practical work. This research is a quasi-experimental research which aims to examine
the effect of worksheets based on scientific explanation on direct current circuit
material towards students’ scientific explanatory skill in vocational school. This
research was conducted at the even semester of 2018/2019 academic year in vocational
high school 2 Jember grade X DP 1 and X BKP in which each class consisted of 34
students. This research was using data collection technique of test and documentation.
The data analysis technique itself was using independent sample t-test by the SPSS
program. The result of the independent sample t-test is the score of the scientific
explanation test was different between the experimental class and the control class.
This result showed that there was an effect in the use of worksheets based on scientific
explanation theory on direct current circuit towards students’ scientific explanatory
skill in vocational school.
Key word: direct current circuit, students worksheet, scientific explanation.