Effect of Scientific Inquiry Learning Model Assisted by Mind Mapping on Science Process Skills Student

摘要

The purpose of this study was to analyze the science process skills and creative thinking of students who were taught by the scientific inquiry learning model using mind mapping. The study was conducted on the eighth-grade students of Tunas Harapan Private Middle School in Sayurmatinggi Village, Ujung Padang Learning Year 2018/2019. This type of research includes quasi-experimental, quasi-experimental research design with two groups pretest-posttest design. The research instrument used was essay-shaped test for science process skills and students' creative thinking abilities. The conclusions obtained are; (1) Students' physical science process skills with scientific inquiry learning using mind mapping are better than science process skills students use conventional models; (2) Science process skills of students in the group of creative thinking skills above the average are better than the creative thinking skills below the average; (3) In this study, creative thinking skills above the dominant average improve the science process skills of students in the scientific inquiry model using mind mapping rather than in conventional learning.