Effect of Science-Technology-Society Approaches to The Science Process Skills Elementary School Students

The first observation at some schools indicated learning process of Natural Sciences just concept-oriented without observation or applied on the real nature. That was cause students Science process skills did not increased. This study aims to find out effect of Science-Technology-Society (STS) Approaches to the science process skills. This study used pretest-posttest control group design was conducted at Putat Elementary School involved 74 students 5th grade which was divided into two groups. The first group was experiment class (VB) and the second was control class (VA). The results with calculation the difference of two mean used confidence level 95% show average score of Science process skills between experiment class and control class has different. Experiment class with STS approaches learning indicated better enhancement to Science process skills compared control class with conventional learning. The STS approaches was implemented in one week at water cycle learning. Study instrument used science process skills test, learning outcomes test, and observation classes. The results show that STS approaches could improving students Science process skills and making students more exciting on Natural Sciences learning.