Semantic Network Analysis on Levels of Inquiry Implementation in Learning momentum and impulse
Rita Febriana(a)*, Selly Feranie(b), Ida Kaniawati(b)

(a) Postgraduates School, Indonesia University of Education
*ritafebrianafisika[at]gmail.com
(b) Physics Education Department, Indonesia University of Education
Jl. Dr. Setiabudhi No. 229 Bandung 40314, Indonesia

Abstract

Semantic network analysis is one way that can be used to find out the description and relationship between words written by students in a narrative to see the implicit context of students^ thinking. The purpose of this study was to investigate the semantic network keywords of students at the stage of inquiry to real-world application (experimental class) compared with stages up to inquiry labs (control class). The research method used is quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest control group design. A total of 72 science students of grade X in one of the public senior high school in Duri City became the samples in this study. The instrument utilized to determine the students^ semantic network were pretest and posttest in the form of an open-ended essay question about the concepts of momentum and impulse. After learning, The results of the pretest analysis from the semantic network of students in the control class found 3 keywords with a small frequency to represent the concept of momentum and impulse, and in the posttest it was found to increase to 10 keywords with a greater frequency of occurrence while the results of the analysis of pretest the semantic network of students in the experimental class found 3 keywords with a small frequency to represent the concept of momentum and impulse, and in the posttest it was found to increase to 11 keywords with a greater frequency of occurrence.

Keywords: semantic network, Levels of Inquiry, momentum and impulse

Topic: Physics Education