Effects of Worksheets Base the Levels of Inquiry in Improving Critical and Creative Thinking

摘要

The purpose of this study is (1) examining the effectiveness of worksheets based the three levels of inquiry in improving the critical and creative thinking skills of biology education students, (2) analyze implementation worksheets are based on the three levels of inquiry. The research was quasi-experimental: pre-test post-test non-equivalent control group design. The sample of this research consists of 80 students of biology education from Pattimura University, Indonesia. The data were collected by using critical thinking and creative tests an observation sheet. The data were analyzed by using hypothesis testing by using the Mann-Whitney U-test. The research results indicate that there is a significant difference in the effectiveness between the three levels of inquiry based worksheets and the conventional strategy in improving the critical and creative thinking skills of biology education students. The results of the analysis showed that the experimental class had a significantly higher difference in the average critical and creative thinking skills compared to the control class. The implementation of the worksheets based on three levels of inquiry is very good.