Chemical Materials Mastery of High School Students in East Java

Abstract

This article reveals student achievement in the Indonesia National Examination on Chemistry Material at the high school level in the East Java Province from 2015-2016, 20162017, and 2017-2018. The chemistry exam consists of Basic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, and Physical Chemistry. In the 2015/2016 school year, chemistry exam was compulsory for students who program science while starting the 2016/2017 academic year until 2017/2018 chemistry examination as a test for students who choose chemistry specialization. This test has an impact on the number of students taking chemistry test subjects, the number of students taking the National Examination in the Chemistry test in the 2015/2016, 2016/2017, and 2017/2018 academic years respectively, at 107345, 15600 and 22367 students. From the national Examination results data reported by Puspendik for East Java Province, an average score of National Examination scores of five chemistry test subjects with an up and downtrend in the range of 48.90 to 64.71 was obtained. If compared, the average National Examination score for each chemical material in the East Java province is higher than the national average Keywords— National Examination chemistry material; high school; average National Examination chemistry score; East Java The core competencies that must be obtained and possessed by senior high school students are the core competencies for spiritual attitudes, social attitudes, knowledge, and skills. Attachment to the Minister of Education and Culture Regulation No. 21 of 2016 concerning Basic and Secondary Education Content Standards) [1], [2]. In chemistry subjects at the high school level, five materials are tested on the National Examination. These materials include Basic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, and Physical Chemistry. In Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Chemistry is one of the productivity subjects which in learning processes students do not only need to understand the concepts, principles, laws, and theories but also its relevance and application to solve problems in daily life [3]. The implementation of the 2013 curriculum also influenced the number of students who chose chemistry (see Figure 1). Based on the data in Figure 1, it can be seen that the number of students taking the chemistry National Examination in 2017 has decreased from 2016 and tends to rise, although not significantly in 2018. The highest number of students each year is senior high school students in the city of Surabaya. The data in Figure 1 are from Balitbang [4], [5], [6]. Fig. 1. Comparison of The Number of Students Who Take The Chemistry Exam National Examination in 2016, 2017, and 2018 Chemistry exams in 2016 to 2018 consist of Basic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, and Physical Chemistry. The exams were started in the 2016/2017 academic year to 2017/2018 chemistry exams as a test for students who choose a specialization in chemistry. This article will present and discuss the data of National Examination Chemistry in senior high school in East Java. The data used are from the Republic of Indonesia Ministry of Education and Culture Republic of Indonesia in 2016, 2017, and 2018 [4]–[6].