ANALISIS PELAKSANAAN PRAKTIKUM IPA BIOLOGI KELAS VIII SEMESTER 1 DI SMP NEGERI SE-KECAMATAN LUBUK BEGALUNG TAHUN PELAJARAN 2014/2015

Abstract

This  study   aimed  at  analyzing  the  quali ty   of  the  laboratories  provided  in  the schooland the obstacles  faced  by the  school  in  facili t at ing the students to do practical act ivi t ies  ingrade VIII  at  School  in  Kecamatan  Lubuk Begalung  during  the  first  semester  in academicyear  2014/2015.  This  study   was  a descript ive  study   in  which  both  of  the  quali tat ive andquanti tative  approaches  were  used  as  the  data  collect i on  techniques.  This  study  was done  in  Grade  VIII  at  j unior  high  school  in  Lubuk  Begalung  during  the  fi rst  semesterof2014/2015.    The data    and    the    data    sources    in    this    study    were    taken    from    the program planning,   the implementation,    the practical    evaluat ion,    and    the    obstacles    of practical act ivi t ies  for  Biology  class.  Data  about  the  planning  was  taken  from   the  lessonplan  score list and  interview.  In  addit i on,  data  field  notes.  Moreover,  the  data  about  the obstacles  faced  by the teachers  in  facili tat ing  the students  with  practi cal  act ivi t ies  were derived  from   teacher questi onnaire  and interview.  Meanwhile  the    difficult i es faced bythe  students were  also known  from   the  student  questi onnaire  and  interview.  The  resul t sof  the  study   indicated  that the practical plans  showed moderately  compatibili ty wi t h the curri culum available. It was found  that  there  were  teachers  who  had  not prepared  for  thepractical in the  form  of  specific lesson  plans  and  practi cal  guide  materials  or  books.  In  theimplement ati on,  it  was found  moderately.  Related  to  t he practical  evaluat ion,  there weresome  teachers  who  still  had  not  known  the  evaluation  strategies  for  practicum  act ivi t ies.Besides  that,  there were  also  some obstacles  in  the  implementation  of  the  practicalactivi t ies.  Some of  them  were  the  t ime-  all ocat ion  management  for  practical act ivi t ies, teacher controls, and  inco mpleteness of the tools and practical materials.