PEMBELAJARAN INKUIRI BERBASIS SOCIO-SCIENTIFIC ISSUES UNTUK MENINGKATKAN KETERAMPILAN BERPIKIR KRITIS SISWA SMP PADA MATERI ZAT ADITIF

INQUIRY LEARNING BASED ON SOCIO-SCIENTIFIC ISSUES TO IMPROVE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS ON ADDITIVE SUBSTANCE MATERIALS

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan keterlaksanaan pembelajaran inkuiri berbasis Socio-Scientific Issues pada materi zat aditif di SMP, mendeskripsikan peningkatan keterampilan berpikir kritis siswa SMP dan mendesripsikan respon siswa SMP setelah mengikuti pembelajaran inkuiri berbasis Socio-Scientific Issues pada materi zat aditif. Jenis penelitian ini menggunakan penelitian kuantitatif dengan desain One Group Pretest-Posttest. Subjek penelitian adalah siswa kelas VIII. Hasil analisis keterlaksanaan pembelajaran inkuiri berbasis Socio-Scientific Issues pada materi zat aditif memperoleh peningkatan antara pertemuan pertama, kedua dan ketiga dengan modus sebesar 4 kategori “sangat baik”. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa hasil N-Gain dari setiap indikator keterampilan berpikir kritis memperoleh N-Gain dengan kategori tinggi dan sedang. Pembelajaran inkuiri berbasis Socio-Scientific Issues pada materi zat aditif menunjukkan hasil respon dengan modus 4 dengan kriteria sangat setuju. Kesimpulan dari penelitian tersebut adalah adanya peningkatan keterampilan berpikir kritis melalui pembelajaran inkuiri berbasis Socio-Scientific Issues pada materi zat aditif.

 Kata Kunci: Keterampilan berpikir kritis, Inkuiri, Socio-Scientific Issues, Zat Aditif.

        This research aims to describe the implementation of inquiry learning based on Socio-Scientific Issues on additive material in junior high school, describe the improvement in critical thinking skills of junior high school students and describe the response of junior high school students after participating in inquiry learning based on Socio-Scientific Issues on additive material. This type of research uses quantitative research with a One Group Pretest-Posttest design. The research subjects were class VIII students. The results of the analysis of the implementation of inquiry learning based on Socio-Scientific Issues in additive material obtained an increase between the first, second and third meetings with a mode of 4 "very good" categories. The research results show that the N-Gain results for each indicator of critical thinking skills obtained N-Gain in the high and medium categories. Socio-Scientific Issues-based inquiry learning on additive material shows response results with mode 4 with the criteria of strongly agree. The conclusion of this research is that there is an increase in critical thinking skills through inquiry learning based on Socio-Scientific Issues on additive material.

Keywords: Critical thinking skills, Inquiry, Socio-Scientific Issues, Additives.