Students’ Critical Thinking Skills Through the Reports of Practicum-Based Guided Inquiry Learning

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10.2991/978-2-38476-010-7_2How to use a DOI?

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Critical Thinking; Ecology; Practicum; Guided inquiry-based learning

Abstract

Practicum guided inquiry learning is very important to improve students’ critical thinking skills related to student activities in collecting data, analyzing, and making conclusions. In addition, the ability to think critically can be seen through the descriptions of phenomena that students write in the practicum report. Therefore, this study aims to describe the level of students’ critical thinking skills through reports on the results of animal ecology practicums through guided inquiry-based learning. This descriptive research aims to describe students’ critical thinking skills through practicum activity reports. The research began with implementing practicum activities for animal ecology courses using the guided inquiry learning model. Furthermore, the collected research data through reports on student practicum activities. The research was conducted from February to April 2022. The subjects of this research were 72 students of biology education at the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Sriwijaya University who took the Animal Ecology course. Data collection techniques by analyzing reports on animal ecology practicum activities by indicators of critical thinking ability. It analyzed data regarding students’ critical thinking abilities through practicum activity reports based on the percentage of achievement indicators of critical thinking skills. The data obtained is then interpreted into several categories. Based on the research results, it can be concluded that categorizing students’ critical thinking skills through reports on the results of practicum activities in guided inquiry learning as very good. Several indicators such as Providing simple explanations, building basic skills, providing advanced explanations and Concluding are categorized as very good. As well as the indicators of Managing Strategy and Tactics are in the good category. It can illustrate that students can relate phenomena found in the field during practicum activities with the studied concepts. Thus guided inquiry learning can be an alternative learning strategy that can support students’ critical thinking skills in practicum activities.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Susy Amizera
AU  - Didi Jaya Santri
AU  - Zainal Arifin
AU  - Lucia Maria Santoso
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/03/07
TI  - Students’ Critical Thinking Skills Through the Reports of Practicum-Based Guided Inquiry Learning
BT  - Proceedings of the Fifth Sriwijaya University Learning and Education International Conference (SULE-IC 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 3
EP  - 10
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-010-7_2
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-010-7_2
ID  - Amizera2023
ER  -