Mastery of Meta-Cognitive Skills on Biology Material for Senior High School Students in Palembang

Abstract

This study aims is obtaining students’ meta-cognitive skills on biology material for senior high school in Palembang. A number of senior high school students at Palembang, South Sumatera, Indonesia, were involved as participants in this study. The data were collected using meta-cognitive skills test instrument. Research results show that there are several positions of meta-cognitive skills based on its parameters, as much as 51.86 % of senior high school students stated that have conditional knowledge, 46. 98 % have declarative knowledge, 0.93 % have Information management strategies, and 0.23 % have comprehension monitoring and evaluation. That mean is more than 50% of senior high school students just have knowledge meta-cognitive but do not have regulation meta-cognitive. The scores of students’ meta-cognitive skills on biology material are 34.84. It shows that students' meta-cognitive skills in biology materials are very low. Therefore, changes to biology learning strategies are needed.