Electronic Theses and Dissertation

ABSTRAK

Sikap peserta didik terhadap sains merupakan sikap yang muncul pada diri peserta didik sebelum dan setelah belajar sains. Sikap tersebut berupa keingintahuan tentang sains, praktik sains termasuk berkarir di bidang sains Penelitian untuk menganalisis sikap peserta didik terhadap sains menggunakan Test of Science Releted Attitude (TOSRA) dengan skala Likert 5 point kepada 161 peserta didik di Sekolah Menengah Pertama dan Madrasah Tsanawiyah Negeri Kabupaten Aceh Jaya. Analisis data secara deskriptif untuk menguji sikap peserta didik terhadap sains, dan perbedaan sikap peserta didik terhadap sains secara umum dan berdasarkan gender menggunakan independent sample t-test. Hasil penelitian sikap peserta didik terhadap sains menunjukkan bahwa sikap peserta didik di Sekolah Menengah Pertama dan Madrasah Tsanawiyah Negeri Kabupaten Aceh Jaya dinyatakan dalam kategori positif (61%). Hasil penelitian juga ditemukan tidak terdapat perbedaan yang signifikan sikap peserta didik terhadap sains di Sekolah Menengah Pertama dan Madrasah Tsanawiyah Negeri Kabupaten Aceh Jaya. Adapun sikap peserta didik terhadap sains berdasarkan gender di Sekolah Menengah Pertama tidak terdapat perbedaan yang signifikan, sedangkan terdapat perbedaan yang signifikan sikap peserta didik terhadap sains berdasarkan gender di Madrasah Tsanawiyah Negeri Kabupaten Aceh Jaya. Sikap peserta didik perempuan terhadap sains lebih positif daripada sikap peserta didik laki-laki di Madrasah Tsanawiyah Negeri Kabupaten Aceh Jaya.

Kata kunci: sikap peserta didik, hakikat sains, dan gender.
 

The attitude of students towards science is an attitude that appears in students before and after learning science. This attitude is in the form of curiosity about science, science practice, including a career in science. Research to analyze students' attitudes towards science uses the Test of Science Releted Attitude (TOSRA) with a 5-point Likert scale to 161 students in SMP and Islamic School Tsanawiyah Aceh Jaya. Descriptive data analysis to test students' attitudes towards science, and differences in students' attitudes towards science based on gender using independent sample t-test. The results of the study of students' attitudes towards science showed that the attitudes of students in Junior High School and Islamic School Tsanawiyah Aceh Jaya were stated in the positive category (61%). The results of the study also did not find a significant difference in the attitudes of students towards science in Junior High School and Islamic School Tsanawiyah Aceh Jaya. There is no significant difference in the attitudes of students towards science based on gender in junior high school, and there is a significant difference in students' attitudes towards science based on gender in islamic school tsanawiyah Aceh Jaya. The attitude of students towards science is more positive than the attitude of students at islamic school tsanawiyah Aceh Jaya. Keywords: students' attitudes, the nature of science and gender.