The Use of Inquiry Cycle Learning to Enhance Students Cognitive Abilities on Simple Harmonic Motion
D. Hadianti, I. Kaniawati, I. Hamidah

Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia

Abstract

The aim of this study was to get an overview of cognitive enhancement in the subject matter of simple harmonic motion of students who received inquiry cycle learning. There were 20 items test were given to 63 X-grade students from a senior high school in Pandeglang. Each item had five options and students had to choose the right one. Method used in this study was quasi experiment with the randomized pretest-posttest control group design. The result showed that implementation of inquiry cycle learning significantly can further enhance students cognitive abilities (< g > = 0.46) compared to conventional learning (< g > = 0.2). From the hypothesis testing, students cognitive abilities using inquiry cycle learning was better than students cognitive abilities using than conventional learning.

Keywords: Inquiry Cycle, Cognitive Abilities, Simple Harmonic Motion

Topic: 3. Physics Education