Enhancing Students’ Argumentation Skill Using an Argument Driven Inquiry-Based Module

Shinta Devi Amielia,Suciati Suciati,Maridi Maridi

doi:10.11591/edulearn.v12i3.8042

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Abstract

Argumentation skills as a form of communication to externalize ideas through scientific discourse is a very important in learning of science. As an integral part of the science, argumentation skills should be integrated as a component of learning science. The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of argument driven inquiry-based module in enhanching the students’ argumentation skills. This study was conducted at one of the State Senior High School in Surakarta academic year 2016/2017. The pre-test and post-test research pattern with treatment and control class groups were used throughout the study. While the treatment group taught by using module based on argument-driven inquiry, the control group was taught by a module that commonly used in the school. As the study concluded, using argument driven inquiry-based module in the learning process is effective to enhance the quality of students’ argumentation skills.

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The increasingly rapid development of science and technology in 21st century impacts on various aspects of life, including in education aspect [1]
The result of analysis on the argumentation skill aspect scores arising based on the result of observation, and it was presented in the following Table
The results of the analysis have shown that the use of argument driven inquiry based-module in excretion system material is more effective to enhance students' argumentation skills

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Introduction

The increasingly rapid development of science and technology in 21st century impacts on various aspects of life, including in education aspect [1]. Education plays an important role in improving human resource quality. Education is required to prepare and to produce high-quality human resource in order to process information well and correctly [2]. High quality human resource should have necessary skill or competency in 21st century. One of skills necessary in dealing with digital era in 21st century is communication skill [3]. Communication skill is a competency in delivering message (ideas, thoughts) from one party to another to allow interdependency between both of them [4]. The important part of communication skill in science field is argumentation skill [5]

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