THE INVESTIGATION LOGICAL THINKING ABILITY OF STUDENTS IN PHYSICS CONVENTIONAL LEARNING. A F Muzaky, Harjana and W Sunarno
SEBELAS MARET UNIVERSITY
Abstract
Physics has the character of logical thinking. The use of technology in physics learning encounters the problem. The problem was conventional learning still being done. The purpose of this study is to investigate the logical thinking ability of students in conventional learning. Descriptive method was used by giving Tests of Logical Thinking (TOLT) with 10 questions depict Probabilistic Reasoning, Controlling Variable, Proportional Reasoning, Correlational Reasoning, and Combinatorial Reasoning. Subjects of this study were 53 Islamic boarding school students, who were given conventional learning. The results show that the average students have a level of concrete thinking with a score of 1,43. This finding describes the logical thinking ability was still being the lowest level. Therefore, the alternative learning such as integrating with technology is necessary to improve logical thinking ability of students.
