ANALISIS KESULITAN DALAM PEMBELAJARAN ILMU PENGETAHUAN ALAM PADA MATERI SISTEM PENCERNAAN DI SMP NEGERI 22 SURABAYA

Abstract

Indonesia is ranked 8 from below out of  70 countries for the scientific literacy category. This result is very far from several countries in Asean such as Singapore and Vietnam which managed to enter the top 10 rankings. Some of the causes of this are the focus of science learning which has not been centered on solving scientific literacy problems and only on factual knowledge and the second is the transition of science education teachers in junior high schools who previously taught the fields of Physics and Biology separately are now required to do science learning in an integrated manner. Learning in the classroom, not only in mastering the material. The essence of learning Natural Sciences is mastering the scientific method. The scientific method can be trained on students through practicum, so that learning Natural Sciences cannot be separated from practicum activities.