Jurnal Pendidikan Biologi Indonesia
Vol. 8 No. 1 (2022): MARCH

Developing the guided inquiry-based module on the circulatory system to improve student's critical thinking skills

Dynna Sri Wulandari (Master Program in Environmental Science, Universitas Sebelas Maret Surakarta)
Baskoro Adi Prayitno (Master Program in Environmental Science, Universitas Sebelas Maret Surakarta)
M. Maridi (Master Program in Environmental Science, Universitas Sebelas Maret Surakarta)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Mar 2022

Abstract

The limitations of inquiry-based teaching modules impact the low critical thinking skills of students. The research objective is to develop an inquiry-based module to improve students' critical thinking skills. This development research uses the Borg and Gall model in designing and testing the module. The development was carried out in February - November 2020 at Batik Senior High School 1 of Surakarta, Central Java. The subjects of this study were students of class XI-Science Batik Senior High School 1 of Surakarta. The assessment of the feasibility and effectiveness of the module uses a validation instrument by linguists, material experts, and learning experts. Assessment of students' critical thinking skills using HOTS questions. The effectiveness of the module was tested using the Z test. The results concluded that the module was feasible to use in learning with a feasibility score of 3.83 (linguistic aspect), 3.92 (material aspect), and 3.80 (learning aspect). Furthermore, this module effectively improves students' critical thinking skills as indicated by the results of the Z test (α<0.05). This study recommends the development of inquiry-based modules in improving students' critical thinking skills.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jpbi

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Subject

Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry

Description

JPBI (Jurnal Pendidikan Biologi Indonesia), ISSN 2442-3750 (print); ISSN 2527-6204 (online), publishes a scientific papers on the results of the study/research and review of the literature in the sphere of biology education in primary education, secondary education, and higher education. ...