Correlation between Logical Thinking and Understanding of Science Concept
- DOI
- 10.2991/seadric-17.2017.57How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Logical Thinking, Science Concept, Student Of Elementary Teacher Education
- Abstract
The cognitive development of students of elementary teacher education consists of their acquisition of knowledge and formation. Meaningful science encompasses scientific concept and cognitive skills. Having logical thinking abilities can be helpful for understanding the concept in science. Based on data of formative test, most studentst got bad examination results in the last semester. Some students think that learning science is very difficult. This study aims at describing a correlation between the logical thinking abilities and understanding of concept in science for the students of elementary teacher education. The 30 students chosen randomly are observed during the learning process in science. The result shows that there is a significant correlation of logical thinking and understanding of concept in science. A contribution logical thinking to understanding of concept in science is only 18.9%; this is a low contribution. According to the scores on Test of Logical Thinking (TOLT), there are only 23.3% of the students who have reached the concrete stage; 53.3% of the students who have reached the transitional stage; and 23.3% of the students who have reached the formal stage. The other factor can influence to maintain their understanding and reasoning about the specific concept in science.
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- © 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Fany Sumirat PY - 2017/05 DA - 2017/05 TI - Correlation between Logical Thinking and Understanding of Science Concept BT - Proceedings of the 5th SEA-DR (South East Asia Development Research) International Conference 2017 (SEADRIC 2017) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 276 EP - 278 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/seadric-17.2017.57 DO - 10.2991/seadric-17.2017.57 ID - Sumirat2017/05 ER -