DESKRIPSI PEMAHAMAN KONSEP SISWA PADA MATERI PERUBAHAN KIMIA DAN FISIKA DI KELAS VII SMP

Abstract

Abstract

The purpose of the research was to describe the student's understanding concept in chemical and physic changes of grade VII SMP Negeri 1 Sungai Raya. The form of the research was descriptive and the method of this research was case study that involved 36 students. The instrument used were a test of learning outcome in the form of essay and interview guide. The result showed most students had an understanding of the concept in; (1) the explain difference of chemical and physic changes of a substance was 41.3% with category: fairly; (2) analyzing chemical change from a sample experiment in a laboratory was 59.7% with category: fairly; (3) analyzing chemical change in daily life was 41.4% with category: fairly; (4) analyzing physic change in daily life was 48.6% with category: fairly; (5) mentions three change of the substance of physic change was 76.8% with category: good; and (6) the determine physic change of the experimental result was 27.8% with category: less. The student"™s understanding concept in average was 49.2 with category: fairly.

Keywords: Concept, Chemical Change, Physic Change.