Correlation Between Mastery of Concepts and Argumentation Skills of High School Students

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10.2991/assehr.k.201014.090How to use a DOI?

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correlation, mastery of concepts, argumentation skills

Abstract

This research aims to determine the correlation between mastery of concepts and student argumentation skills. The sample used in this study was students grade one senior high school of one of the high schools in Bandung. Total sample used are 30 students. Class random technique is used to obtain research samples. This research uses descriptive quantitative method. The data was obtained by giving a concept mastery test instrument that consist of 10 multiple choice questions and an instrument of students’ argumentation skills based on Toulmin framework that consist of 10 essay questions. In addition, interviews were also conducted with teachers and students to get supporting data. To find out the correlation between mastery of concepts and students’ argumentation skills, the Spearman Correlation Test was used. The results of this study indicate that there is a strong correlation between students’ mastery of concepts and argumentation skills with a correlation value of 0.70.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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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  - Merta Simbolon
AU  - Anderias Henukh
AU  - Rikardus Feribertus Nikat
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/10/15
TI  - Correlation Between Mastery of Concepts and Argumentation Skills of High School Students
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Social Sciences (ICSS 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 417
EP  - 420
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201014.090
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.201014.090
ID  - Simbolon2020
ER  -