Student worksheets assisted by PhET simulation to determine students’ science process skills

• Published in: AIP conference proceedings Vol. 2622; no. 1
• Main Authors: Gea, Fransisca Felbi Helvina, Ariswan, Jumadi, Widyasari, Rohmah Riya
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Melville American Institute of Physics 29.04.2024
• Subjects: Harmonic motion; Hypotheses; Science; Simple harmonic motion; Simulation; Skills; Students
• ISSN: 0094-243X; 1551-7616
• DOI: 10.1063/5.0133836

Simple Harmonic Motion is a physics topic that can be learned through practicum methods. This method can train students’ science process skills. However, during the Covid-19 pandemic, practicum implementation is rarely carried out. This happens due to the limited facilities owned by students. Utilization of virtual media such as simulations is needed, so that the practicum is carried out. Students can make hypotheses based on the theories that have been studied and then make observations through physics simulations to prove these hypotheses. Therefore, this study aimed to develop Student Worksheets (SW) assisted by PhET Simulations and determine students’ science process skills. SW developed on Simple Harmonic Motion. This 4D model development research involved 37 students of class X Science Islamic Senior High School as subjects and four experts to validate the product developed. Data was collected by SW validation sheets, student response sheets, and student science process skills observation sheets. The validation results data were analyzed by calculating the average product assessment and using the ideal standard deviation. Student responses were analyzed referring to the 4 Likert scale. Students’ science process skills were analyzed by calculating the percentage of scores obtained on each indicator. The SW developed contained a guide to do practicums. SW comes with tutorials on using PhET Simulations and links to learn videos. The result showed that the SW developed feasible to be used with the result of the assessment in the very good category. The response of students to the SW is in a good category. Students’ science process skills are still in the sufficient category. Therefore, further development of the worksheet is needed to improve students’ SPS.