Observational Skill: The Use of Picture Storybook with Scientific Approach Based Through Project-Based Learning

摘要

Observational skills are one of the indicators to know the level of achievement of science process goals. This research examines the influence of picture storybook with scientific approach through project-based learning on observational skills. The research was a quasi-experiment conducted in the second grade of the elementary school in Banguntapan Subdistrict. The samples were 265 students, 139 of experimental and 126 of control groups. The picture storybook with a scientific approach through project-based learning on observational skills was applied to the experimental group and the 2013 curriculum book from the Ministry of Education and Culture of Indonesia for the control group. The instrument used was a written test and observation. A t-test was used to analyze the effect of picture storybook with scientific approach through project-based learning on observational skills. The results of this study found that the achievement of observational skills for the experimental group was higher than the control group. The picture storybook with scientific approach through project-based learning on observational skills has a significant effect on observational skills. These findings contribute significantly to the current knowledge about the effectiveness picture storybook with scientific approach through project-based learning on observational skills to improve students' science process skills in every teaching and learning.