The Effect of Guided Inquiry Learning Model on Students Misconceptions in Light Topic I Gede Margunayasa, Nyoman Dantes, A.A.I.N Marhaeni, I Wayan Suastra
Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha
Abstract
This study aimed at finding out the effect of guided inquiry learning model of learning on the misconceptions of the fifth grade students of elementary schools in Singaraja in light topic. Through the use of multi stage random sampling technique four (4) elementary schools (n =60 students) were selected as the experiment group who learned through guided inquiry learning model and another four (4) elementary schools (n= 63 students) as the control group who learned through conventional learning model. The misconceptions were collected by using CRI (Certainty of Response Index) method, obtained by comparing the students answers and their level of confidence in answering a multiple choice test in light topic (r = 0.85). The students were categorized into those who totally guessed, those who knew the concepts, those who did not know the concepts and those who had misconceptions. The results showed that there was a significant difference in misconceptions between the students who were taught with guided inquiry learning model and those who were taught by the conventional learning model (F = 7.447; p<0.05). There was a lower level of misconceptions in the students who learned through guided inquiry learning model than that of those who learned through the conventional learning model.
