Student Activities on the Topic of Light Properties through Experimental Methods in Elementary School in Gorontalo Province

Abstract

The present study aimed to identify student activities on the topic of properties of light. This study employed classroom action research to increase the students’ activity. The subjects comprised 30 fifth-grade students 14 males and 16 females of SD 19 State Elementary School in Limboto, Gorontalo Regency. It was conducted in two cycles; each cycle consisted of several stages, including planning, implementation, observation, evaluation, and reflection. Further, the data was collected using two instruments, i.e., student observation sheets, and learning outcomes tests on science subjects to measure student activity and learning outcomes. The results showed that students' learning activities in the first cycle have an average of 65.51% for visual activities, 53.44% for motor activities, 17.24% on writing activities, 44.30% on oral activities, 31.03% on mental activities, 58.61% on listening activities, 62.06% on emotional activities. Moreover, in the second cycle, the percentages increased for visual activities by 79.31%, motor activities by 74.13 %, writing activities by 75.86%, oral activities by 70.68%, mental activities by 70.88%, listening activities by 77.58%, and emotional activities by 72.41%.