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The aims of this research were to study the correlation between NOS Understanding and Conceptual Understanding and between NOS Understanding and Science Process Skills. This study also serves as an empirical validity test of the NOS understanding questionnaire that researchers have developed. This correlational research was carried out at the Faculty of Mathematics and Science Education of IKIP Mataram. Ex post facto method was employed in this study. The study involved 75 students taking General Chemistry course for the academic year of 2018-2019. The participants were selected by using the saturated sampling method. Data were collected using a NOS understanding questionnaire, concept understanding test, and observation sheet of science process skills. The data are presented descriptively. The correlation test was carried out by using product moment test. The results uncovered a strong and significant correlation between NOS Understanding and Conceptual Understanding and between NOS Understanding and Science Process Skills. The results of this study indicate that the NOS understanding questionnaire has been compiled can be used to measure the level of students’ understanding of NOS and predict students’ performance of science process skills and conceptual understanding in chemistry learning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the readiness of science teachers in West Lombok Regency Indonesia to apply the Merdeka Curriculum and to describe their experiences in implementing learning oriented to the development of process skills and scientific literacy in the classroom. This research was carried out using an ex post facto approach. This study involved 24 science teachers and 256 students consisting of 93 seventh-grade students, 108 eighth-grade students, and 64 ninth-grade students as respondents spread across 10 State Junior High Schools in West Lombok Regency in the academic year 2021-2022 which was collected by using a proportional random sampling. The data were obtained using three questionnaires, namely a questionnaire on teacher readiness to apply Independent Learning, distributed to teachers, a questionnaire on the application of Science Process Skills learning, and a questionnaire on the application of scientific literacy learning, each distributed to both teachers and students. Data were analysed descriptively with percentage and correlation techniques. The results showed that the readiness of junior high school science teachers in West Lombok Regency to apply the Merdeka curriculum was in the fair category, with an average score of 50.08. Science teachers who have participated in the Guru Penggerak program have better readiness, with an average score of 66.68, than those who have not, with an average score of 46.28. The teachers considered that they had a good experience on implemented the science process skills learning, while the students considered it fair, with an average score of 73.33 and 59.26, respectively. The teachers' responses to how well they had applied scientific literacy learning in the classroom were higher than the students, with an average score of 65.88 and 60.97 in the good category, respectively. It seems that the teacher's experience in applying science process skills and scientific literacy learning plays a role in the teacher's readiness to apply the Merdeka curriculum. The results of this study are the basis for recommendations on the need for training for science teachers in junior high schools to accelerate the implementation of an independent curriculum through learning oriented towards developing science process skills and science literacy to realise the Pancasila Students Profile. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study endeavours to develop a questionnaire instrument capable of classifying respondents based on their tendencies towards divergent or convergent thinking. The questionnaire serves a valuable purpose by enabling teachers to identify the thinking potential of individual students and maximise it during the learning process. The research involved 149 junior high school (SMP) students from the West Lombok district, who participated in the stages of validity and reliability testing, and 84 respondents in the categorisation trial. The instruments were compiled and assessed through expert validation using descriptive methods, employing percentage scores. Additionally, validity was assessed using product moment correlation coefficients, reliability was measured through alpha reliability coefficients, and categorisation abilities were evaluated based on non-level categorisation (nominal). The findings revealed that the divergent and convergent categorisation questionnaires consisted of 40 items, encompassing 20 descriptors each for divergent and convergent thinking. Expert ratings yielded an average score of 89.50, falling within the excellent category. The product moment test confirmed the validity of all 40 items, with a product-moment correlation value greater than the critical value (rtable (149, 0.05)=0.16). The reliability of the questionnaire was deemed high for both the divergent and convergent item groups and satisfactory for all items, as indicated by alpha reliability coefficients of 0.64, 0.72, and 0.55, respectively. The trial results demonstrated that the questionnaire effectively categorised subjects, achieving accurate categorisation for up to 20% of the total subjects in both the divergent and convergent thinking groups. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aims to evaluate the level of application of chemistry learning oriented to Lombok local wisdom and tourism in teaching chemistry and student learning performance in the application of the learning. This research used a descriptive design. The sample of the study is 65 students that consist of 20 biology education students, 30 chemistry education students, and 15 physics education students at UNDIKMA in the academic year 2019-2020. Data were collected by questionnaire, portfolio, and observation. Furthermore, chemistry learning oriented to Lombok local wisdom and tourism was applied to 28 chemistry education students participating in natural chemistry courses. Student learning performance was evaluated by using a scientific paper portfolio and observation of discussion activities. The results showed that the level of application of science learning oriented to Lombok local wisdom and tourism for students of biology, chemistry, and physics education courses of UNDIKMA was in the poor category with a percentage of 33.75%. The students' learning performance in writing papers and group discussion processes were 78,63 and 83,39, respectively, which were in the very good category. The response to the idea of applying chemistry learning oriented to Lombok local wisdom and tourism in the UNDIKMA Chemistry education study program was in a very good category with a percentage of 84.44%. Respondents believed that the application of chemistry learning oriented to Lombok local wisdom and tourism would increase students' motivation and attitudes in learning, as well as potential to provide students the skills as problem solvers and agents of change within the society that has unique local wisdom and potential tourism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]