PENINGKATAN MINAT BELAJAR SISWA DENGAN PENDEKATAN INKUIRI PADA PELAJARAN ILMU PENGETAHUAN ALAM (IPA) SEKOLAH DASAR

Abstract

Increasing     Student  Interest  With  Inquiry  Approach  Lesson In Natural  Sciences (IPA) Primary  School.   Students' interest in learning Natural  Sciences (IPA) which is characterized by relatively low less attention and less active students during learning in the classroom. This study is intended as an effort to increase student interest in learning the science subjects. The study was conducted by the method of Classroom Action Research (CAR) conducted an inquiry approach to fourth grade students in public elementary school Tanjung Sari No.18 Nanga Pinoh using instruments such as observation sheets. The data were tested for normality distribution of the observation of the data with the Kolmogorov-Smirnov and Shapiro-Wilk and t-test for the significance of differences in the data each cycle.

The results of the research that has been conducted in two cycles of learning for 22 students in action cycle I gained interest in learning with the percentage of 57.47%. Through the inquiry approach to learning that is done has improved the students' interest in learning science subjects with the results of the data obtained in the second cycle as much as 100% of students have been interested in  the  science lessons,  characterized   by high  enthusiasm to  learn  and actively take part  in the experiment are taught. Thus through the inquiry approach has been able to increase student interest, especially in natural science subjects and can improve the process.

Keywords: Interest in learning, inquiry approach, Lesson in natural sciences.