The Influence of Science Learning Based on Inquiry Integrated with Nature of Science (NOS) towards Students' Attitudes and Interests in Science

摘要

Attitude is a mental position related to facts, feelings, and emotions toward facts or situations. Interest is defined as feeling interested in something, feeling caring, important, and positive feelings about it. Attitudes and interests are factors that influence the process and student learning outcomes. Students' attitudes and interests can be well developed through active learning processes such as inquiry. This researchaimed to know influence learning based on inquiry and integrated with Nature of Science (NOS) towards student attitudes and interests. This research was a quasi-experimental study with a non-randomized pretest-posttest control group design. The research was conducted at 8~(th) class of the Laboratory Junior High School of Universitas Negeri Malang, Indonesia. 8~(th)C class was the experimental class with 30 students using inquiry-based learning integrated with NOS. 8~(th)G class was the control class with 31 students using learning modules and discussion. Data about the students' attitudes and interest were obtained by using a questionnaire that was valid and had been completed by students before and after the learning process. The results showed differences in attitudes and interests of students in the experimental class and the control class based on the results of the Anacova test with a significance value of p (= 0,000) (0.05). This shows that inquiry-based learning integrated with NOS is able to improve students' attitudes and interests in learning.