KESULITAN BELAJAR IPA PESERTA DIDIK SEKOLAH DASAR

Achievement of competence at an education unit implemented
through learning activities. One of the subjects that must be mastered
competency at the elementary level are Natural Sciences. Learning science in
elementary school should be an opportunity to foster the curiosity of learners
scientifically. This will help them develop the ability to ask and seek answers
to natural phenomena. But in fact not all learners master the competencies as
expected. Mastery of concepts lacking IPA is due to the difficulty in
responding to the learners' learning by their teachers. The findings of this study
provide information on the cause of learning difficulties in the elementary
science learners 1) internal factors which aspects of interest, motivation, selfconfidence, study habits, and ideals; and 2) external factors that many foreign
terms, the material is too dense, the students seem inevitably have to memorize
the material, lack of instructional media, students seem difficult to understand
the material without the availability of media, teachers tend to dominate
learning, mastery of the teacher will be the material is weak, and too
monotonous.

Keywords: Learning Difficulties, Natural Science