Successful learning is determined by various factors involved in it. These factors are not only derived from the personal individuals involved themselves, but also are the result of collaboration between human resources and other resources in the same context. This study tries to explore the factors that determine a person's success in science learning. The study is conducted by identifying the attributes that are considered important in the learning process. Those involved in this study numbered 65 respondents who acted as teachers, educators, tutors, or lecturers who taught and focused on science materials. The method used is a thematic analysis approach that specifically categorizes the themes that are considered important and becomes the initial indicator in determining the success of learning. The results of the study show that a success in the learning process of science depends on the aspects in it including good collaboration between students and teachers, self-management, methods used in learning, applied evaluation strategies, as well as external factors which are not directly determines the success of learning such as the cultural, social, and environmental context in which the individual grows and develops.

This study aimed to determine the feasibility of the human excretory system module. The method of this research used was a quantitative descriptive through the instrument of a validation sheet modules which validated by two expert validators. The aspects assessed include the feasibility of the content, language, presentation, and graphics. The results of this research showed the average aspects of feasibility of the content reached the value of 1.00 within the 'very feasible' category. The conclusion is the human excretory system module can be useful in teaching biology, especially in human excretory system materials.

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The excretion system are completely abstractive and complex, so it is desirable a tool that can visualize the excretion process and enable students to understand the modules well. The using of picture storybook is potential to increase the interest and activities of students. The response is a measurable reaction produced by somebody in analyzing an object that can generate an attitude. So, the purpose of this study is to investigate students’ responses to the picture storybook as a part of the teaching material which can facilitate students' thinking. This study involved the seven steps: the introduction, planning, and development of the initial product, initial field trial, revision on the main product, field trial, and revision on the operational product. The field trial was conducted to determine students’ responses to the dimension of cognitive, affective, and conative aspects through exploring three secondary schools around Pontianak, Indonesia.  Subjects in this study were students in grade 8 who had been educated with an excretion system with a total number of three students in each school for the initial field trials; while there were 12 students from each school for the main field trials. Instruments used in this study were a validation paper and a student response form. The results of the initial field trial showed the cognitive aspects (84.57%); the affective aspects (89.38%); and the conative aspects (89.46%). The implication of this research was about the possibility to use a picture storybook for increasing students' interests in science learning that we examined by the subject categories

This study was done to adapt the language and culture of STEBI (Science Teaching Efficacy Belief Instrument) to be used in Indonesia. This research used the adaptation process of language and culture developed by Beaton et al., by following 5 stages. The translation process from English to Indonesian language was done in stage 1 by two translators who have the background in Science Education. In stage 2, a deeper discussion was accomplished by two experts who have the background in Psychology and Education. This discussion was done by considering the aspect of language and culture in which every word and sentence in every item was discussed in a deeper way by reflecting on Indonesian language and culture. The step of back translation in stage 3 aims to translate back STEBI in Indonesian version based on stage 2 into English. A discussion was held in stage 4 to compare the two translations, the original version of STEBI and the back translation version. In the next step, the draft of STEBI in stage 4 then handed out to 5 volunteers who have the background in science to read the instrument. There were some modifications and refinement in this instrument based on this stage. Finally, the final version of STEBI in Indonesian language version was generated after going through these 5 stages as the process of language and culture adaptation.