THE ANALYSIS OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENT’S ACHIEVEMENT OF SCIENCE PROCESS SKILLS AND SPIRITUAL ATTITUDE THROUGH 2006 CURRICULUM AND 2013 CURRICULUM

Abstract

Based on TIMMS and PISA survey result from 2000 to 2012 indicated that science learning quality in Indonesia is still on the lower level. It is caused by students who are less accustomed to the learning that develop science process skills and inculcate attitude. In addition, nowadays there are schools that use 2006 and 2013 curriculum. Based on those problems, the present of the study aimed to find out how are the fourth grade elementary schools students’ achievement of science process skills and spiritual attitude through 2013 curriculum and 2006 curriculum in the SDA (natural recourses) science concept. The study is done qualitatively to the two elementary schools that used 2006 curriculum and two schools that used 2013 curriculum. The instruments of the study are science process skills test in multiple choice, spiritual attitude questionnaire, and videograph to support the researcher to analyze the emerging of students' science process skills and spiritual attitude in learning process. The result of the study show that the means of science process skills test for elementary school that used curriculum 2006 is 64,92%, and 65,53% for those that used 2013 curriculum, whereas the emerging of science process skills for elementary school that used 2006 curriculum is 19,95%, and 17,85% for those that used 2013 curriculum. On the other hand, the achievement of students' spiritual attitude for elementary school 2006 curriculum is 58,90% whereas elementary school 2013 curriculum is 59,15%. Besides that, the emerging of spiritual attitude in learning process for elementary school 2006 curriculum is 1,60%, and elementary school 2013 curriculum is 2,70%. The conclusion of the study is the elementary school students' achievement of science process skills that used 2013 curriculum is greater than the school that used 2006 curriculum. However those contrary to the emerging in learning process, whereas students' spiritual attitude achievement 2013 curriculum is greater than elementary school 2006 curriculum as well as the emerging spiritual attitude in learning.