L. Handayani, S.E. Nugroho, T.R. Rohidi, Wiyanto
As a representation of social life, coastal traditional art provides means supporting elementary school students' analogical thinking, particularly in science learning. Its unique cultural characteristics fit the need of students to find analog of science material. The Topeng Endel dance is one of the arts which serves students many analog sources. This paper discusses result of a study aiming at exploring various science material analogs derived from the Topeng Endel dance. It is a part of a research on culture-based analogical thinking skill of elementary school students. The documentary and literature studies were employed as the method of the study. The result showed that there are at least eight main typical hand movements of the Topeng Endel dance which represent similarities with the form concept of the muscle motion explained in the science class. This result and its discussion direct a conclusion that performance aspects of the Topeng Endel accomodate elementary school students with science analog sources in thinking analogicaly. © 2019 Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.
Post Graduate Programme, Universitas Negeri Semarang, Indonesia; Physics Department, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Negeri Semarang, D7 Building, 2nd floor, Sekaran-Gunungpati, Semarang, 50229, Indonesia; Fine Arts Department, Faculty of Language and Arts, Universitas Negeri Semarang, B9 Building, Sekaran-Gunungpati, Semarang, 50229, Indonesia
