Profil Kemampuan Penalaran Ilmiah Siswa SMP Berdasarkan Gaya Belajar: (Profile of Scientific Reasoning Ability of Junior High School Students Based on Learning Style)

Abstract

This study aims to describe the scientific reasoning abilities of junior high school students in science learning based on learning styles at SMPN 15 Sukabumi City. The sample in this study was 35 students of class VII SMPN 15 Sukabumi in the academic year 2020/2021. This research uses qualitative methods through a descriptive approach. The research instruments used were questionnaires and scientific reasoning test instruments Lawson Classroom Test of Scientific Reasoning (LCTSR) which consisted of 12 reasoned multiple choice questions containing 6 indicators of scientific reasoning, namely: proportional reasoning, probabilistic, correlational, conservation, variable control, and hypothetical. deductive. The results showed that the learning style most often used by junior high school students was the visual learning style. This is evidenced by the results of questionnaires that have been distributed, as many as 17 students or 48.58% of the 35 students analyzed tended to use visual learning styles compared to auditory and kinesthetic learning styles. Students with this visual learning style have better scientific reasoning abilities. In addition, overall junior high school students do not yet have the ability to compare two variables of a phenomenon based on a constant ratio, which means junior high school students have scientific reasoning skills on low hypothesis-deductive indicators. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan kemampuan penalaran ilmiah siswa SMP pada pembelajaran IPA berdasarkan gaya belajar di SMPN 15 Kota Sukabumi. Sampel pada penelitian ini yaitu 35 siswa kelas VII SMPN 15 kota sukabumi tahun ajaran 2020/2021. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif melalui pendekatan deskriptif. Instrumen penelitian yang digunakan yaitu angket dan instrumen tes penalaran ilmiah Lawson Classroom Test of Scientific Reasoning (LCTSR) yang terdiri 12 soal pilihan ganda beralasan yang memuat 6 indikator penalaran ilmiah yaitu: penalaran proporsional, probabilistik, korelasional, konservasi, pengontrolan variabel, dan hipotetic-deduktif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa gaya belajar yang paling banyak digunakan oleh siswa smp adalah gaya belajar visual. Hal ini dibuktikan dari hasil angket yang telah disebar, sebanyak 17 siswa atau 48,58% dari 35 siswa yang dianalisis cenderung menggunakan gaya belajar visual dibandingkan gaya belajar auditorial maupun kinestetik. Siswa dengan gaya belajar visual ini memiliki kemampuan penalaran ilmiah yang lebih baik. Selain itu, secara keseluruhan siswa smp belum memiliki kemampuan untuk membandingkan dua varibel suatu fenomena berdasarkan rasio konstan yang artinya siswa smp memiliki kemampuan penalaran ilmiah pada indikator hipotesis-deduktif yang rendah.