Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh pembelajaran IPA berbasiskan integrasi inkuiri terbimbing dengan Numbered Heads Together (NHT) terhadap motivasi belajar siswa. Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian quasi eksperimen, dengan design penelitian non equivalen control grup design. Penelitian dilaksanakan pada bulan September-Desember tahun pelajaran 2018 dengan sampel kelas eksperimen berjumlah 40 siswa dan kelas kontrol berjumlah 40 siswa pada kelas VIII SMP N 21 Pekanbaru. Instrumen penelitian berupa angket motivasi belajar. Motivasi belajar dalam penelitian ini terdiri atas: hasrat, dorongan, harapan, penghargaan dan menarik. Hasil penelitian ini ini menunjukkan bahwa terdapat perbedaan yang signifikan pada nilai rata-rata post test motivasi belajar peserta didik antara kelas eksperimen sebesar 3.26 dibandingkan kelas kontrol sebesar 3.12 setelah dilaksanakan intervensi (P<0,05). Hal ini jelas bahwa penggunaan  integrasi inkuiri terbimbing dengan NHT dalam proses pembelajaran dapat meningkatkan motivasi belajar peserta didik. Implikasi dari penelitian ini adalah memberikan salah satu alternative proses pembelajaran yang kreatif dan inovatif dalam meningkatkan motivasi belajar peserta didik.

Process of science learning stresses on giving students direct experience to develop their competence. Therefore, teachers are required to be creative and innovative to improve students’ critical thinking. Accordingly, there is a need for a research on “The science learning based on guided inquiry integration with Numbered Heads Together (NHT) toward critical thinking skill”. This research aim to figure out of influence of the science learning based on guided inquiry integration with NHT. This research is a quasi-experimental study, with design "non-equivalent group control design". This research was conducted at September-December 2018 with samples of the experimental class (n = 40) and the control class (n = 40) at class VIII SMP N 21 Pekanbaru. The research instrument consisted of questions to test students' critical thinking skills. This shows the research instrument at a good and quality stage. The results of this study note that there are significant differences in the average value of the Post test students' critical thinking skills between the experimental class amounted to 75.00 with the control class 67.00 after the intervention (P <0.05). So that the use of Integration of guided inquiry with NHT in the learning process can improve students' critical thinking skills.

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Teaching media is one essential factor that influences the success of teaching process. Therefore, this study was aimed to develop a science learning module namely BIOMIND Module in the form of portal and e-book. The study used research and development (R&D) method to create BIOMIND module developed from Hanafin and Peck model. The study involved five professionals, 20 teachers, and 98 students to assess the BIOMIND module. The results show that BIOMIND portal and e-book teaching media could be standardized and implemented for the teaching process. The existence of teaching media evaluation instrument was expected to develop a quality teaching media for innovative and efficient teaching and learning process.

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