Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan pengaruh pembelajaran berbasis inkuiri terbimbing terhadap keterampilan berpikir kreatif. Jenis penelitian yang digunakan adalah penelitian deskriptif kuantitatif dengan rancangan penelitian one group pretest-postest design. Sampel yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas VIII SMP Negeri 4Lamongan, semester ganjil tahun pelajaran 2016/2017. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan: Skor rata-rata keterampilan berpikir kreatif siswa pada pre test 41,67 sedangkan post test 79, 17 dengan N-Gain 0,79 berkategori tinggi. Siswa  merespon  positif  pembelajaran berbasis inkuiri terbimbingdengan persentase 95,79%. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian, dapat disimpulkan bahwa proses pembelajaran berbasis inkuiri terbimbing dapat meningkatkan keterampilan berpikir kreatif siswa.Kata Kunci : Inkuiri Terbimbing,Keterampilan Berpikir Kreatif

Humans are faced with industrial advances based on science and technology to meet the needs of human life and solve problems from related issues based on scientific literacy skills. This study aims to describe students' scientific literacy skills which include aspects of knowledge, aspects of competence, aspects of cognitive, and aspects of the context of junior high school students aged 15 years. This research is a quantitative descriptive analysis research. The instrument used to determine scientific literacy skills was a scientific literacy test consisting of 20 multiple choice questions. The science literacy test was validated by two expert lecturers at the State University of Surabaya and one science teacher at State Junior High School of 32 Surabaya. The research also aims to describe the correlation of scientific attitudes to scientific literacy skills. The instrument used was a response questionnaire with 20 yes and no questions. The results showed that the value of the knowledge aspect was 60.57%, the competency aspect was 60.60%, the cognitive aspect was 59.9%, and the context aspect was 60.19%. Scientific literacy skills can be improved by refraction,strategies, and appropriate learning methods. Teachers need to provide access to learning resources from various literary sources, including browsing information via the internet. Students need to be trained to be literate, hone critical and creative thinking, be competent in making decisions to solve problems, and communicate systematically.

The purpose of this study was to develop Problem-Based Learning student worksheets on bioremediation material to facilitate students authentic problem solving skills. The development used a procedural development model called ADDIE (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, Evaluation). The subjects in this study were Biology Students at Surabaya State University. Data collection used validation, observation, and test techniques. Student worksheets quality measurement obtained by a rating scale instrument in the form of a validation sheet. The developed teaching materials were in the form of Semester Learning Design, Unit Of Lectures, Student worksheets, and problem solving skills-based question for evaluation purposed. This developed teaching materials had been validated by experts, with scores of SLD 3.36, UOL scores 3.44, Student worksheets were 3.36 respectively. In addition, the average score of practicality and effectiveness in pre-test and post-test of the developed teaching materials were 4.00, 1.85, and 3.40 respectively. All the developed teaching materials were in very good qualifications. Based on data analyzed, it could be concluded that the developed student worksheets on bioremediation material was valid so that it can facilitate authentic problem solving skills in Biology Students at State University of Surabaya and is feasible to be used as a teaching learning materials

Th e research aims at exploring Indonesian pre-service biology teachers' metacognitive skills, measuring the development of learning strategies (LS) used by the teachers before and aft er the learning process, and describing the teachers' responses aft erwards. Th ere were 25 subjects studied using a pretest-posttest design. Results showed that there was an increase in students' metacognitive skills and their LS knowledge. Morever, they stated that they had got a lot of benefi ts aft er the learning process. Th is research concludes that metacognitive strategy can be used to teach LS so that students can broaden their LS understanding and thus enable to choose LS that fi ts them.

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