Analysis of Students’ Difficulties in Answering Questions on the Chemistry National Standardized School Exam in Kupang
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- 10.2991/assehr.k.210305.032How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- item characteristics, difficult items, influencing factors, examination, chemistry
- Abstract
The purpose of this study is to describe the characteristics item questions of chemistry national standardized school exam and identify students’ difficulties in answering questions. Data collection was carried out by documenting results of the exam in 2018 in Kupang city. The documentation was consisted of 35 multiple choice questions, keys answer and test results of 103 samples students. This research was a descriptive exploratory study. Data analysis was carried out quantitatively and qualitatively. Quantitative data analysis was performed using the classical test theory approach and item response theory with 1 logistical parameter. Qualitative data analysis was carried out to describe the items that were included in the category of difficult levels of distress and poor differentiation, by means of focus group discussion (FGD). The results showed that there were 8 difficult items out of 35 student test items. Base on the results of FGD, the students’ difficulties in answering questions were caused by a lack of conceptual understanding in calculating and using complex formulas. The results of the estimated reliability of the questions amounted to 0.83 which showed that chemistry national standardized school exam questions were in the good reliability category.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
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TY - CONF AU - Fatnan Asbupel AU - Heri Retnawati AU - Muhardis AU - Seriana Yovita AU - Sudji Munadi PY - 2021 DA - 2021/03/08 TI - Analysis of Students’ Difficulties in Answering Questions on the Chemistry National Standardized School Exam in Kupang BT - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Research, Implementation, and Education of Mathematics and Sciences (ICRIEMS 2020) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 209 EP - 217 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210305.032 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.210305.032 ID - Asbupel2021 ER -