Empowerment Scientific Reasoning in Science Learning for Junior High School Students in Ambon City

Abstract

Awareness of the importance of scientific reasoning as the main goal of science learning is increasing. This increase is indicated by increasing research in the field of psychology and education on scientific reasoning over the past decade . Scientific reasoning skills are considered very important for a person to be able to adapt to an environment that is increasingly filled with complex problems. In addition, scientific reasoning is also an essential skill in encouraging science literacy . Reasoning is the most essential and essential in everyday knowledge. Reasoning is useful for evaluating arguments, testing hypotheses, gather evidence, make inferences and make decisions in everyday life. Research has been done to see the reasoning process in junior high school students in Ambon City. This research uses the type of qualitative research with phenomenology approach to describe the quality of junior high school students' reasoning in science learning. The data in this study were collected using the written test technique. This study concludes that (1) reasoning occurs when a person is able to create a mental model that is compatible with reality. (2) The reasoning skills a person possesses when birth and the development of reasoning are also influenced by the development of knowledge. (3) The structure of knowledge depends on the working memory capacity to understand the verbal meaning of a concept and relate it to other concepts.