Facilitating of fourth grade students problem solving skills on force and changing Y Gumala, A Suhandi, E Syaodih, B Maftuh, N Hermita and A Samsudin
Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
Abstract
This research determinations to designate students Problem-solving skills on force and changing toward elementary level through experiential learning. The indicators of problem-solving skills applied in this research were the indicators that definite to the problem-solving skills on impulses and attractions. A descriptive-qualitative design has already been fulfilled to collect data from fourth-grade elementary students in one of school in Bandung Barat Regency (32 participants: 9-10 years old). The instrument which is developed formed essay with the interview process. The result shows that every characteristic of problem-solving skills has been developed and described such as identification, arguments hypothesis, collecting data, analysis synthesis and conclusion. To summarize, the experiential learning is able to designate the 4th-grade elementary students problem-solving skills on force and changing
Keywords: problem solving skills, fourth graders , force and changing
