THE ANALYSIS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION AND PROBLEMS OF LAB WORK ON CHEMISTRY LEARNING

The research is about the implementation and problem of lab work the student and teacher on chemistry learning. This study aims to analyze the implementation and problem of lab work on chemistry learning. This study employed purposive sampling as the sampling technique. The samples were 58 students and five chemistry teachers from two public senior high schools in Bangkinang city. The study design was exploratory research. It used descriptive data which were analyzed descriptively by using Miles and Huberman Model. The data were collected through questionnaire, interview, and observation. The findings of the study show that the teachers as the samples of the study gave positive responses or criteria good toward the implementation, the motivation, as well as the evaluation of report writing of lab work. Moreover, the students as the samples of the study also gave positive responses or criteria good enough toward the implementation, the motivation, as well as the evaluation of report writing of lab work. The findings from the interview and observation show that there were some problems in doing the lab work, such as the ineffective time, unavailable laboratory assistant, inadequate laboratory tools, and limited lab work manual. Furthermore, based on the research findings, it can be concluded that the lab work implementation on chemistry learning in two public senior high schools in Bangkinang city have been accomplished well in good criteria although there were still some lab work problems