The Influence of Inquiry Learning on Students' Critical Thinking Ability

This research was motivated by the low critical thinking skills of students at SMP Negeri 01 Hulu Kuantan. This is caused by the conventional learning model which is often realized in the form of one-way lectures in the form of delivering material with students only as recipients of information. Therefore, to improve students' critical thinking abilities, a new learning model is used, namely, the inquiry learning model. The formulation of the problem in this research is whether there is an influence of the inquiry learning model on students' critical thinking abilities at SMP Negeri 01 Hulu Kuantan. The population in this study was class VIII of SMP Negeri 01 Hulu Kuantan with a total of 44 students. The sample in this study consisted of 44 students who were divided into two classes, namely class VIII A and class VIII B. The data collection methods used in this research were observation and questionnaires. Data processing using statistical analysis using the t test formula, namely obtaining a Sig value. (2-tailed) = 0.000, then Sig. (2-tailed) ≤ significant. So, 0.000 ≤ 0.05 which means the Sig value. (2-tailed) is smaller than the significance value of 5%, so Ho is rejected and Ha is accepted. So it can be concluded that the inquiry learning model influences the critical thinking skills of class VIII SMP Negeri 01 Hulu Kuantan by obtaining an average of 74.6% in the control class and an average of 93.6% in the experimental class.