Pengembangan Media WebQuest Berbasis Socio-Scientific Issues untuk Meningkatkan Keterampilan Berpikir Kritis Siswa SD dalam Pembelajaran IPA

Development of WebQuest Media Based on Socio-Scientific Issues to Improve Critical Thinking Skills of Elementary Students in Science Learning

    Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengembangkan media WebQuest berbasis Socio-Scientific Issues dan perangkat pembelajarannya untuk meningkatkan keterampilan berpikir kritis siswa SD dalam pelajaran IPA. Perangkat pembelajaran yang dikembangkan meliputi Rencana Pelaksanaan Pembelajaran (RPP), lembar pre-test dan post-test, serta angket respon peserta didik. Media WebQuest ini dirancang dengan menggunakan model ADDIE (Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, and Evaluate) dan diujicobakan kepada 20 siswa kelas V di salah satu Sekolah Dasar Kristen Internasional di Surabaya Barat pada semester genap tahun ajaran 2023/2024.

    Desain penelitian yang digunakan adalah one group pretest-posttest. Data penelitian diperoleh melalui teknik pengumpulan data meliputi validasi, observasi, tes keterampilan berpikir kritis, dan angket. Data dianalisis secara deskriptif kuantitatif. Keterampilan berpikir kritis siswa dianalisis dengan n-gain dan Uji Nonparametrik. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa: (1) media WebQuest dan perangkat pembelajaran yang dikembangkan tergolong sangat valid; (2) kegiatan pembelajaran terlaksana dengan sangat baik; (3) keterampilan berpikir kritis siswa meningkat dengan nilai n-gain rata-rata 0,70 (kategori tinggi); dan (4) respon siswa terhadap pembelajaran yang dilaksanakan tergolong baik dengan persentase 81%.

    Berdasarkan hasil analisis dan pembahasan, penelitian ini menyimpulkan bahwa media WebQuest berbasis Socio-Scientific Issues dan perangkat pembelajaran yang dikembangkan valid, praktis, dan efektif untuk melatih keterampilan berpikir kritis pada siswa kelas V SD dalam pembelajaran IPA.

Kata kunci: WebQuest; Socio-Scientific Issues; keterampilan berpikir kritis; pembelajaran IPA; siswa SD 

    This research aims to develop WebQuest media based on Socio-Scientific Issues and its learning tools to improve elementary school students' critical thinking skills in Science lessons. The learning tools developed include Lesson Plans, pre-test and post-test sheets, and student response questionnaires. The WebQuest media was designed using the ADDIE model (Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, and Evaluate) and tested on 20 fifth grade students at an International Christian Elementary School in West Surabaya in the even semester of the 2023/2024 academic year.

    The research design used was one group pretest-posttest. Research data were obtained through data collection techniques including validation, observation, critical thinking skills test, and questionnaire. The data were analyzed descriptively quantitatively. Students' critical thinking skills were analyzed by n-gain and Nonparametric Test. The results showed that: (1) WebQuest media and learning tools developed were classified as very valid; (2) learning activities were carried out very well; (3) students' critical thinking skills increased with an average n-gain value of 0.70 (high category); and (4) students' response to the learning that was carried out was classified as good with a percentage of 81%. 

    Based on the results of the analysis and discussion, this study concludes that the WebQuest media based on Socio-Scientific Issues and the learning tools developed are valid, practical, and effective in training critical thinking skills for fifth-grade elementary school students in science learning.

Keywords: WebQuest; Socio-Scientific Issues; critical thinking skills; science learning; elementary school students.