JEP | Volume 6 | Nomor 2| November 2022
e-ISSN 2579-860X
p-ISSN 2614-1221
Doi: https://doi.org/10.24036/jep/vol6-iss2/599
Copyright © 2022, Author et al.
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Analisis Pemahaman Konsep dan Sikap Siswa Terhadap Belajar Fisika Pada Materi
Hukum Newton Tentang Gerak
Nur Ifani Rizkita
1)
, Fatni Mufit
2)
1)
Program Studi Pendidikan Fisika FMIPA Universitas Negeri Padang
2)
Departemen Fisika FMIPA Universitas Negeri Padang
Nurifanirizkita@gmail.com
Corresponding author: fatni_mufit@fmipa.unp.ac.id
ABSTRACT
Understanding the concept is very important in learning physics. Many studies show that
students' understanding of physics concepts is at a low level, including Newton's law of motion in
class X SMA. While misconceptions in students are at a high level. Misconceptions can occur because
the concepts embedded in students are not the same as expert opinions. The aims of this study were;
(1) to determine students' conceptual understanding of Newton's laws of motion, (2) to determine
student attitudes towards learning physics and (3) to determine the correlation between students'
understanding of physics concepts in Newton's law of motion and students' attitudes towards study
physics. The sample or subject in this study were 61 grade X students who had studied Newton's laws
of motion. Research data collection was carried out in two ways, namely tests and questionnaires. The
instrument for collecting data on understanding Newton's law concepts is the diagnostic four-tier test
Newton’s law. The instrument to determine student s' attitudes towards learning physics is a
questionnaire adopted and then modified from the CLASS (Colorado Learning Attitude about Science
Survey). The test data were analyzed statistically and the questionnaire descriptively. The results
showed that the students' understanding of Newton's law concepts was very low. The majority of
students have misconceptions, especially on Newton's first, second, and third Newton law. Based on
the analysis of students' attitudes, it was found that; there are still 29% students who do not like
physics lessons and are not interested in increasing the time to study physics. Then, Correlation
between student’s understanding of physics concept and attitude towards learning physics, the result
showed that the both variable had a correlation value of 0,420. Which means that the both variable
has a moderate correlation with a positive direction.
Keywords : Misconception, Concept understanding, Attitudes, Newton’s law, Learning outcomes
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PENDAHULUAN
Fisika merupakan ilmu pengetahuan yang
sangat penting dalam kehidupan (Saregar,
2016). Mata pelajaran fisika di dalamnya
menjelaskan tentang alam semesta (Riwanto et
al., 2019). Pelajaran fisika yang berkaitan
dengan fenomena alam diperoleh melalui
eksposisi yang dikenal sebagai komposisi
ilmiah dan interaksi dengan alam (Puspitasari
& Mufit, 2021). Disamping itu, pembelajaran
fisika juga menuntut siswa untuk terlibat aktif
dalam penemuan konsep dan prinsip fisika
bukan hanya sebagai penampung penjelasan
materi yang diberikan oleh pendidik (Illahi et
al., 2021).
Peranan fisika sangat penting dalam
perkembangan sain dan teknologi, sehingga
sudah mulai diajarkan sejak siswa berada pada
tingkat sekolah menengah pertama (SMP).
Salah satu tujuan pembelajaran fisika menurut
Permendikbud No. 59 Tahun 2014 tentang
kurikulum 2013 SMA/MA adalah agar siswa
menguasai konsep dan prinsip fisika serta
mengedepankan pembentukan sikap yang
positif dalam proses belajar fisika. Dalam
memahami fisika secara lebih dalam, maka
harus dimulai dengan kemampuan memahami
konsep dasar yang ada dalam pelajaran fisika
(Arifin, et.al. 2021). Pembelajaran fisika akan
menja di bermakna bagi siswa jika mereka
mempu nyai kemampuan untuk memahami
konsep dalam belajar (Capriconia & Mufit,
2022).
Urgensi pemahaman berkaitan dengan
kemampuan untuk menjelaskan sesuatu
dengan struktur individu yang disesuaikan