DEVELOPMENTAL ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY THROUGH SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY LEARNING USING EDUCATIONAL SCIENCE COMIC
Hanna Nurul Husna (a*); Yayan Sanjaya (b)

(a*) Optometry Department, STIKes Bakti Tunas Husada Tasikmalaya, Jalan Cilolohan 36, Tasikmalaya 46115, Indonesia
*hannanurulhusna[at]stikes-bth.ac.id
(b) Biology Department, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Jl. Dr. Setiabudhi 200, Bandung, Indonesia

Abstract

A study on developmental analysis of students’ scientific inquiry had been conducted to 42 students of eight-grade in one of state junior high school in Sumedang, West Java, Indonesia. This study employed educational science comic, which was defined as an independent comic (made by the researchers themselves), as a learning media for teaching science in the scientific inquiry learning. The data was collected through students’ learning journal, questioner, and field notes. The result showed that students’ scores in scientific inquiry were varied and fluctuated in each meeting. In spite of this fact, scientific inquiry learning using educational science comic contributed to the development of students’ inquiry. Moreover, in relation of scientific inquiry to students learning style, the result showed that learning style was not supposed to be one of factors influencing students’ scientific inquiry through the use of comic.

Keywords: Educational science comics, instructional media, scientific inquiry skill

Topic: Science Education