Initial Laboratory Skill of Senior High School's Students in Tidore Kepulauan at Chemistry Subject

Abstract

The aim of this research was to know of initial Laboratory skill at grade X and XI natural sciences of Senior high school students in Kota Tidore Kepulauan. The initial laboratory skill was analysed by using descriptive method. The population in this study were all senior high school students in Tidore Kepulauan in the academic year 2016/2017. Determination of sample used cluster random sampling technique and random sampling technique. The sampling technique was through 2 steps, the first step based on the accreditation level of each school, and the second step used random technique to determine the sample of each school that has been determined in the first step. The sample was the students of class X and XI SMA in Kota Tidore Kepulauan with A school accreditation as many as 135 samples, B accredited were 77 samples and C accredited were 25 samples. The laboratory skill was measured by using instrument test. Techniques of data analysis used by descriptive data analysis techniques with SPSS 20 assistance. The result of the research showed that the average of the students' initial laboratory skill of the school: (1) Accreditation A was 51,56 (2) Accreditation B was 52,59, (3) Accreditation C was 59.86.  Generally, the average of the students' initial laboratory skill on the medium category.