The effectiveness of Lectora Inspire media assisted guided inquiry method on the students' critical thinking skill in the science nature: a case study at gugus Diponegoro elementary schools Semarang

Lack of participation and motivation of the students in the learning process is characterized by many inactive students in science learning activities such as no tasks during the learning process. Lectora Inspire is able to create online training courses, assessments, and presentations quickly, effectively, and efficiently. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of media-assisted Lectora Inspire guided inquiry method of the critical thinking skills of students who applied in science subjects in elementary class V Diponegoro cluster, Semarang. The technique used in this research is the experimental method. This study design using by the right experimental design of pretest-posttest control design. The research data in the form of learning outcomes fifth-grade students at three elementary schools in the city, with a total number of 60 students on calculations for comparative testing an experimental class problem-solving ability by media treatment Lectora Inspire assisted guided inquiry method to control class with the conventional model. This means there is an increase. Further calculations were made using two test samples separated or comparisons. Thus, it could be concluded that the students' critical thinking skills in the classroom of material water cycle experiment better than the control class.