Effectiveness of Web-Based Simulation Integrated with Guided Discovery Learning to Enhance Students’ Critical Thinking Skills in Physics

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10.2991/assehr.k.200521.016How to use a DOI?

Keywords

web-based simulation, guided discovery, critical thinking

Abstract

This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of Web-Based Simulation integrated with Guided Discovery Learning (WBS-GDL) model in improving the critical thinking skill in Physics Grade XI students in Islamic State School Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The GDL-WBS model was compared to the Direct Instruction model (DI). The comparison of their level before and after learning was determined to assess the effectiveness of WBS-GDL and DL group. The level of students’ critical thinking skill in these groups before and after they thought with the model was determined. Pretest and posttest with experimental group design and descriptive comparative was used to processing data from 50 students. We use ANOVA mixed design, independent sample t-test, and paired sample t-test to analysis data. The result of the study are (1) Level of students’ critical thinking skill of both group before learning is generally very low and increased after learning; (2) there is a significant differences in the level of students’ critical thinking skill in the WBS-GDL group with n-gain 0.42 (medium); (3) In this study, the WBS-GDL model improve students’ critical thinking skill as 57.8% while DI only 6.7%. The conclusion of this study is WBS-GDL can be used to enhance students’ critical thinking skill and more effective than DI model. For the next study, our recommendation is to assess other aspect of critical thinking skill with some learning model integrated simulation based learning.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Riki Perdana
AU  - Riwayani
AU  - Jumadi
AU  - Dadan Rosana
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/05/22
TI  - Effectiveness of Web-Based Simulation Integrated with Guided Discovery Learning to Enhance Students’ Critical Thinking Skills in Physics
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Online and Blended Learning 2019 (ICOBL 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 74
EP  - 79
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200521.016
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200521.016
ID  - Perdana2020
ER  -