E.K. Nisa, T. Koestiari, M. Habibbulloh, Budi Jatmiko
This research aimed to describe the effectiveness of guided inquiry learning model to improve students' critical thinking skills. Subjects in the research were 90 students at three groups of senior high school grade X on Tarik (Indonesia), which follows a physics lesson on static fluid material in academic year 2016/2017. The research was used one group pre-test and post-test design. Before and after being given physics learning with guided discovery learning model, students in the three groups were given the same test (pre-test and post-test). The results of this research showed: 1) there is an increased score of students' critical thinking skills in each group on α = 5%; 2) average N-gain of students' critical thinking skills of each group is a high category; and 3) average N-gain of the three groups did not differ. The conclusion of this research is that learning model of guided inquiry effective to improve students' critical thinking skills. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.
Physics Teacher of Public Senior High School, 1 Tarik, Sidoarjo, Indonesia; Department of Chemistry, Universitas Negeri Surabaya, Surabaya, Indonesia; Physics Teacher of Vocational High School IKIP, Surabaya, Indonesia; Department of Physics, Universitas Negeri Surabaya, Surabaya, Indonesia
