Fostering student critical thinking skill on environment pollution material using worksheets based guided inquiry
Rita Indriyati (a*), Kartini Herlina (b), Tri Jalmo (c)
a) Magister of Science Education, Lampung University, Jl. Prof. Dr Sumantri Brojonegoro No. 1, Bandar Lampung 35141, Indonesia
b) Department of Physics Education, Lampung University, Jl. Prof. Dr Sumantri Brojonegoro No. 1, Bandar Lampung 35141, Indonesia
c) Department of Biology Education, Lampung University, Jl. Prof. Dr Sumantri Brojonegoro No. 1, Bandar Lampung 35141, Indonesia
Abstract
This study aims to look at the effect of student worksheets based guided inquiry on critical thinking skills of VII grade SMPN 3 Pubian, Indonesia. The population in this study were all students of VII class SMPN 3 Pubian in year 2018/2019 consisting of 2 classes namely class VII.1 and VII.2. The research sample was 54 students. The instruments used in this research were critical thinking description test questions. The research method was a quantitative method. Data analysis techniques using the two group pretest-posttest design were then tested using the -t test which was conducted to analyze differences in the average of N-gain. The results of the study show that student worksheets based guided inquiry in environmental pollution material can foster students critical thinking with 0.7 high N-gain average category with an effect size of 1.99.
Keywords: Worksheets, guided inquiry, critical thinking
Topic: Science Education