CAPTURING STUDENT’S PROFILE OF NATURE OF SCIENCE IN SEKOLAH INDONESIA KUALA LUMPUR

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to analyze the profile of students’ Nature of Science (NOS) of 7th, 8th and 9th grade Junior High School in Sekolah Indonesia Kuala Lumpur. Descriptive method is used to describe the current condition of students’ Nature of Science (NOS) after science lesson on interaction of organisms and its environemnet topic conducted in the class. The data in this research is gained through constructed response item test that is given without any academics treatment before. The result shows that the tentative Nature of Science (NOS) aspect is the most achieved by the students, while creative and imaginative nature of scientific knowledge possess the least. This research suggested the teachers to execute learning activity that cover the entire aspects of Nature of Science (NOS).