Abstract
This study aimed to determine the pattern of a more effective learning approach between the inductive and deductive approach in improving students’ conceptual understanding referring to the international standard curriculum on the X graders for the material property particulate subject matter. Through the deductive approach, students already have a picture/concept in their minds. But by using an inductive approach, students use their logic to understand concepts and summarize it. The research method applied in this study is a descriptive-comparative method with a triangulation analysis technique. Instruments used in the study were a questionnaire for the students, observation sheets, and three-tier diagnostic test items for pretest and posttest. The average pretest scores for deductive and inductive classes were 54.70 and 48.25, respectively. The result of the observation sheet analysis showed the deductive approach surpassed 12 points more than the inductive approach in improving the student’s learning activity. The result of the questionnaire analysis showed that 38 of 68 students prefer the learning process using deductive to inductive approach, and thought that it was suitable with the students’ characteristics. While the average posttest scores for deductive and inductive classes were 68.16 and 55.47, respectively. The analysis result of the N-Gain test towards the pretest and posttest results regarding the three-tier diagnostic test items indicated achievement of student’s conceptual understanding using a deductive approach which was 14.2225% higher than the use of the inductive approach. The Triangulation Analysis stated that the deductive approach was more effective in improving students’ conceptual understanding of Chemistry and material topics as well as material classification. While the inductive approach was more effectively applied to the topic of Particle Kinetic theory.
Highlights
The rapid flow of globalization and technological advancement requires a person to keep innovating and become a professional in his field
Based on the data of Programme of International Student Assessment (PISA) which was initiated by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) By 2015, out of a total of 540,000 15-year-old students from 72 countries who took the test in science, it was found that the difference in the average score of countries with the lowest rank was 224 points (Gurria, 2016)
This study aimed to find out which learning approach between inductive and deductive that is more effective in improving students’ conceptual understanding of material property particulate subject matter
Summary
The rapid flow of globalization and technological advancement requires a person to keep innovating and become a professional in his field. This makes the competition tighter, among the domestic community but globally, especially since the enactment of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) in 2015 (Abdurofiq, 2014) for Asian countries. To afford people who have high competitiveness, it requires education with international quality and standard. Based on the data of Programme of International Student Assessment (PISA) which was initiated by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) By 2015, out of a total of 540,000 15-year-old students from 72 countries who took the test in science, it was found that the difference in the average score of countries with the lowest rank was 224 points (Gurria, 2016).
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