PENERAPAN MODEL PREDICT OBSERVE EXPLAIN (POE) UNTUK MENINGKATKAN KETERAMPILAN PROSES SAINS SISWA KELAS V SEKOLAH DASAR

Abstract

This research is motivated by the low science process skills of fifth grade students in science learning. The learning process does not involve students actively, lacks discussion and uses more assignment methods. Based on these problems, efforts to overcome them through the application of the POE (Predict Observe Explain) model. The purpose of this study is to describe the application of the POE model in science learning and to know the improvement of science process skills. The method used is classroom action research by adapting the Kemmis Taggart model with two cycles. The research subjects were 25 fifth grade students in one of the elementary school in Bandung City. The instrument of data collection uses test questions of science process skills and observation guidelines. Qualitative data were analyzed using the Miles and Huberman models, which consisted of data reduction, data classification, data presentation, drawing conclusions and verification. Quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistical analysis. The results showed that the implementation of science learning by applying the Predict, Observe, Explain (POE) model can increase students' activeness in learning activities through predicting stages that must depart from existing phenomena, the stage of observing students doing direct experiments and the stage of communicating students should discuss to compare results from the process of observation with predictions that have been made. This results in an increase in the average score in groups in cycle I 13 and cycle II 17, the average score of individuals in cycle I 60 and cycle II 76 while for completeness of science process skills individually in cycle I 76% and cycle II 92 %. Thus, the application of the POE model can improve the science process skills of class fifth students