Connecting Concepts Test: An Alternative Instrument Form to Improve Students' Logical Thinking Ability in Conceptual Understanding (Case Study on Geography Subject). (April 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Yani, A; Dewi, N; Rosita, R
• Is Part Of: IOP conference series. Volume 145(2018)
• Publication Date: 2018-04
• Subjects: Earth sciences -- Periodicals; Environmental sciences -- Congresses; Environmental sciences -- Periodicals; 550.5
• DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/145/1/012059
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1755-1307

Abstract

Abstract: Types of test instruments are known in learning evaluation such as multiple choices, essay, brief description, and pairing. Each type has its own advantage, but still considered ineffective in improving students' logical thinking ability. According to meaningful learning theory that based on cognitive and constructive learning, to learn is an effort to enrich the concept and connect a new concept with the old one which has been known before. There has no type of instrument yet to measure the relationship between two or more concepts. Therefore this study aimed to prove that the connecting concepts test is effective as an alternative form in measuring logical thinking ability and conceptual understanding. The subjects of the study were the students of class XII IPS 3, SMA Labschool Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia with the number of participants were 28 students. The result showed that the improvement on logical thinking ability and learning outcomes of the students can be measured by using the connecting concepts test format. The recommendation of this research is to encourage other researchers to develop the Connecting Concepts Learning model based on strengthening the relationship between relevant concepts