Primary Science Teacher Performance in Science Process Skills

Science Process Skills (KPS) is the basis of knowledge and skills that should be mastered by a Science teacher. Therefore, the study was conducted to find out whether the conventional Science learning activities, Science Technology Engineering Mathematics (STEM) and Inquiry Based Science Education (IBSE) would influence teachers' understanding and comprehension of Science Process Skills. The study involved 30 teachers randomly selected from a group of teachers with a Bachelor of Science Education (Major in Science) and less than 5 years of teaching experience from the Johor Bahru district. The group of teachers went through via different learning methods for 3 weeks and were given a test to see their achievement after following the activities for each learning activity. The quasi-experimental study of this series of time designs used recurring measurements was carried out on dependent variables and one-way ANOVA tests for repeating measurements (Repeated Measure One-Way ANOVA) were used for the data analysis. The test results of Mauchly’s Test of Sphericity showed that, there were significant differences in the three test scores [F (1.78, 51.60) =183, p < .05]. The mean score values for Test 2 (STEM) and test 3 (IBSE) outweighed that of test 1. In addition, the graphical shape of plots profile shows that, teaching activities based on STEM and IBSE have an impact on teachers' understanding and mastery of KPS. Hence, it can be concluded that, IBSE-based learning activities are capable of improving teachers' understanding and mastery of KPS.

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