Analysis of Biological Problem Solving Ability in Environmental Change Materials

Abstract

To solve problems accurately and focused, students must have problem solving skills. The purpose of this study was to evaluate class X students of SMA N 4 Yogyakarta in the even semester of the academic year. This study uses a descriptive quantitative research method. As a sample used simple random sampling. According to Polya, there are four indicators of problem-solving ability: Understanding the problem, preparing, implementing plans, and re-checking are steps that must be taken. On the topic of environmental change, the test instrument revealed that students' problem-solving abilities were in the high range. But if we look at each indicator separately, we can see that all four of them belong to a group. This is because students do not double-check their written answers and continue to doubt these answers. The non-test instrument study, on the other hand, the non-test instrument study found that students' problem solving abilities were very good. Based on these findings, it can be concluded that the students' overall problem solving abilities are of a high standard. Because research findings cannot be used with all materials, problem solving skills must be tested with different materials.