Efektivitas integrasi asesmen formatif concept checks pada pembelajaran fisika dalam meningkatkan kemampuan kognitif siswa SMA

Abstract

This research is motivated by the result of a preliminary study, which shows that there are many educators who apply assessment only to find out the student learning outcomes at the end of learning. Therefore, an assessment is needed that can improve students' understanding during learning, known as a formative assessment. The purpose of this study is to know the effectiveness of formative concept checks on students' cognitive abilities. The research method was used a quasi-experimental design with one group pretest-posttest design. The sample in this study was class X students senior high school in Bandung, an amount of 59 students. The data collection was conducted through a cognitive abilities test. The data were analyzed using the t-test and effect size. The results showed that there was a difference in the increased cognitive ability of students between the experimental class and the control class and the effect size value included in the medium category. This shows that the integration of formative assessment concept checks in physics learning was effective in improving the cognitive abilities of students.