Improving Science Pedagogic Quality in Elementary School Using Process Skill Approach can Motivate Student to be Active in Learning

Abstract

On global era todays, as the professional teacher should be improving their pedagogic competency, including to improve their science pedagogy quality. This study is aimed to identify: (1) Process skill approach which has been used by Elementary School Teacher in science learning; (2) Teacher's opinion that process skill can motivate the student to be active in science learning; (3) Student behavior during the teacher implemented the process skill approach in science learning at Elementary School; (4) Student activeness in doing an assignment of the science process skill which selected by teacher; (5) Facilities easiness to support the science process skill in the place of teacher teaching; (6) Response of teacher that the process skill approach on science learning in Elementary School; (7) Yes or no restrictions during the teacher implemented the process skill within science learning in Elementary School. This study is survey research. The research sample was determined by using sampling technique with 240 teachers of Elementary School. The research method is descriptive quantitative. The result showed that (1) 81,17% of Elementary School Teacher in Java have implemented the process skill approach within their science learning. (2) 97,92% of Elementary School Teacher in Java stated that the process skill can motivate the student to be active in their science learning. (3) 97,17% of Elementary School Teacher in Java stated that the student are very happy or enthusiastic if teacher using a process skill approach in science learning. (4) 82,67% of Elementary School Teacher in Java stated that the student seem active doing assignment from teacher through the process skill activity. (5) There is still about 31 % of Elementary School Teacher in Java stated the doubt about facilities easiness which supports process skill approach activity. (6)76,67% of Elementary School Teacher in Java stated that the process skill approach on science learning is still difficult to implement in Elementary School. (7) 37% of Elementary School Teacher in Java stated that there are still some restrictions in implementing the process skill approach on science learning in Elementary School.

Keywords: Science Pedagogic, Process skill, Active learning