Jurnal Humaniora dan Ilmu Pendidikan
Vol 5 No 2 (2026): Januari

Development of a Biology Learning Outcome Instrument on Ecosystem and Its Interactions Using an Inquiry

Lathifah Turrohmah (Universitas Muhammadiyah Metro, Metro, Indonesia)
Vikto Agus Wibowo (Universitas Muhammadiyah Metro, Metro, Indonesia)
Tago Alam (Universitas Muhammadiyah Metro, Metro, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
06 Jan 2026

Abstract

Purpose: This study aims to develop and examine the psychometric quality of a biology learning outcome instrument covering the cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains on the topic of ecosystems and their interactions through an inquiry learning approach for tenth-grade senior high school students.Methodology: The study employed a research and development design using a simplified developmental model comprising instrument planning, blueprint development, expert validation, field testing, and empirical analysis. The instrument was validated by two evaluation experts and subsequently tested on 30 tenth-grade students at a public Islamic senior high school in Metro City, Lampung, using a 30-item multiple-choice cognitive test, an affective observation sheet, and a psychomotor rubric.Results: Expert validation produced a mean feasibility score of 84.5 percent, categorized as good. Empirical testing showed that ten of the thirty cognitive items were valid, with a KR-21 reliability coefficient of 0.731, indicating high reliability, while the affective and psychomotor instruments produced Cronbach alpha coefficients of 0.891 and 0.724 respectively. Item difficulty and discrimination analyses indicated a predominance of moderate-difficulty items with good to very good discrimination power.Conclusions: The developed instrument is feasible for measuring biology learning outcomes through an inquiry approach, although the cognitive component requires item revision to raise its validity rate.Limitations: The study was restricted to a single class and a single topic, limiting generalizability.Contributions: This study contributes a validated, ready-to-use multidimensional assessment instrument and empirical evidence that can guide biology teachers and instrument developers in designing inquiry-based evaluation tools for ecosystem-related content.

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Jahidik

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Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Other

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Jurnal Humaniora dan Ilmu Pendidikan (Jahidik) is a national, scientific and peer-reviewed journal that publlishes topics of humanities and education in the forms of research article, review article, book review, case study, and special case report. Jahidik is expected to answer essential and ...