Facilitating of fourth grade students problem solving skills on Friction
Y Gumala1*, A Suhandi1,2, E Syaodih1,3, B Maftuh1, A R Ningsih1, R N Afiffah3, D Maulana1, Qonita3, H Handayani1, N Hermita4 and A Samsudin2

1Program Studi Magister Pendidikan Dasar, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Jl. Dr. Setiabudi No. 229 Bandung 40154, Indonesia
2Departemen Pendidikan Fisika, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Jl. Dr. Setiabudi No. 229 Bandung 40154, Indonesia
3Departemen Pendidikan Guru Anak Usia Dini, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Jl. Dr. Setiabudi No. 229 Bandung 40154, Indonesia
4Prodi Pendidikan Guru Sekolah Dasar, Universitas Riau, Pekanbaru, Indonesia

Abstract

This research purposes to designate students problem-solving skills on friction concerning elementary level through experiential learning. The indicators of problem-solving skills applied in this research were the indicators convinced to the problem-solving skills on force and impulse. A descriptive-qualitative design has already been contented to collect data from fourth-grade elementary students in one of school in Bandung Barat Regency (37 participants: 9-10 years old). The instrument which is developed formed essay with the interview process. The result appearances that every single characteristic of problem-solving skills has been developed and described such as identification, arguments hypothesis, reasoning and alternate solution. To summarize, the experiential learning is able to designate the 4th-grade elementary students problem-solving skills on friction

Keywords: problem solving skills, fourth graders , friction

Topic: Physics Education