Measuring level of inquiry (LoI) in senior high school surakarta city

Abstract

This study aims to measure the level of inquiry (LoI) of students in high school Surakarta, so that teachers can choose an alternative model inquiry suitable for use in accordance with the ability of students. Level of inquiry (LoI) is divided into 6 namely: discovery learning, interactive demonstration, inquiry lesson, inquiry laboratory, real-world application, and hypothetical inquiry. This research is qualitative using checklist modification from Wenning. The level of inquiry (LoI) criteria scale is based on: LoI> 70% have a high category, 30% LoI 70% have a medium category and LoI <30% have a low category. The results showed that high school students in Surakarta city have high criteria on; discovery learning (79.11%), criteria medium on; interactive demonstration (65.18%); inquiry lesson (39.11%); inquiry laboratory (30%) and low criterion on; real-world application (28.04%); Hypothetical inquiry (25.18%). Teachers can use the inquiry model on high and medium criteria that match with student’s ability.