PROCESSING SKILLS IN SCIENCE INSTRUCTION AS A MEANS TO INCREASE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS' MENTAL, PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL BASIC SKILLS

This paper aims to explain the definition of processing skills in science instruction in elementary school, the importance of processing skills, the theme on applying processing skills, the skills that usually used in science instruction ( observing skills, classifying, communicating, measuring, predicting, and making conclusion) and the steps in applying processing skills. The approach of processing skills is a learning approach that aims to improve basic skills such as mental, physical and social skills to inquire fact and concept or improving behavior and norm through learning activities that able to improve students' skills. The mean of the final test on cycle I is 69. After learning improvisation in cycle II students' score increase. The mean of the test on first meeting in cycle II is 79 and on the second meeting is 85.