Improving Students' Scientific Arguments Guided Inquiry Ability Through Student Textbook

摘要

Student of pre-service biology teacher should be able to hold the scientific facts discovered through the inquiry process using scientific argument. The purpose of this study was to facilitate students' scientific arguments ability through guided inquiry-based learning. The approach adopted in this study facilitates the ability of scientific argument indicator integrated into guided inquiry-based learning. The study conducted on respondents (n = 12) aims to examine the effectiveness of textbook was developed. The study design using One Group Pretest Posttest Design. The results showed that the application of guided inquiry-based textbook developed by researchers can facilitate scientific argument ability of students have the value of N-Gain 0.71 with the high category.