The Effect of Inquiry Learning on Science Process Skills of Pre-Service Elementary School Teacher

Abstract

The aim of the research was to analyze the effect of inquiry learning on science process skill of pre-service elementary school teacher student. The research method was Quasy Experiment with The One Group Pretest-Posttest Design. The research population was all 5th students of pre-service elementary school teacher in one of private universities in Jakarta. The research sample was class 5E, the sampling technique was Cluster Random Sampling. The research instrument was science process skill test. The data analysis using t-test Sample K_S One Sample Kolmogorov Smirnov. The result showed that there was a significant difference of science process skill between pretest and posttest. Therefore, there was an effect of Inquiry Learning on science process skills.