The impact of science learning based on inquiry integrated with nature of science towards communication and collaboration skills

Abstract

Communication and collaboration are skills that are very needed in the 21st century. These skills can be developed through learning that empowers student activities to conduct investigations, one of which is science learning based inquiry integrated with Nature of Science (NOS). The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of implementing science learning based inquiry integrated with NOS towards communication and collaboration skills. This study was a quasi-experimental study using a nonrandomized control group pretest-posttest design. The participants were 32 students studying at VII-D class as an experiment class treated with science learning-based inquiry integrated with NOS and 31 students studying at VII-C class as a control class treated with module-based learning at SMP Laboratorium UM. Data on communication and collaboration skills are obtained through observation activities measured by observation sheets. The data obtained were analyzed using the Analysis of Covariance test and the results showed a significant difference between the value of communication skills and collaboration skills of the experiment class and the control class with p-values 0.008 and 0.000 (p<0.05) respectively. It can be concluded that science learning-based inquiry integrated with NOS could improve communication and collaboration skills. This research can be used as a reference to improve the quality of science learning or improve students skills through a learning process that involves students in full to carry out investigations and understand nature of science correctly.