Profile of Conceptual Understanding of High School Students in Class X MIPA in Newtons Law Material
I Made Hermanto1*, Achmad Samsudin2 and Johar Maknun2

1Sekolah Pascasarjana Program Magister 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.

Abstract

Conceptual understanding is the basic level thinking skills that students must have in physics learning. At present, students are required to master 21st century thinking skills which are part of high-level thinking skills. To be able to master thinking skills at a higher level, students should have mastered basic level thinking skills, especially conceptual understanding. This case study research is a preliminary research that aims to obtain a profile of conceptual understanding of students of class X MIPA on the subject of Newtons law. Students conceptual understanding is measured based on the indicator of conceptual understanding of explaining, comparing, infering and interpreting, from students answers to a test of conceptual understanding on Newtons law material and analyzed using percentage interpretation. The research was applied in one of the high schools in the city of Bandung with a population of 3 class X MIPA, and the research sample selected 1 class by purposive sampling. The results showed that students conceptual understanding for each indicator was explaining by 16%, comparing by 32%, infering by 22% in the low category and interpreting by 38% in the medium category. While the average conceptual understanding of students is still in the low category with a percentage of 27%. Based on these results, it is necessary to conduct literature review and further research to determine and apply appropriate learning methods to improve students conceptual understanding.

Keywords: Conceptual Understanding

Topic: Physics Education