INKUIRI TERBIMBING BERPOTENSI MEMBERDAYAKAN KETERAMPILAN PROSES IPA PADA MATERI FOTOSINTESIS

Abstract

Abstract:Guided Inquiry is the learning strategy emphasizing on the students actively involvement in the
student learning guided by the teacher to discover concept of science.  The learning activity started by the
teacher  raising  problem  that was  then  solved  by  the  students,  in  the problem  solving,  teacher  gave
guidance or the ptactical work instruction was provided, the students was guided by the teacher when
discovering the concept and furthermore the student drawn on a tentative conclusion. The intellectual
development of elementary school’s students bilongs to conctrete operational categoty, they more easily
learn the concept of science if aided by the concrete media. Considering the students activity and the role
of teacher in guided inquiry, in order to empower the process skill and thinking competency of elementary
school’s students, the guided inquiry learning is appropriate to apply.