Penerapan Metode Inkuiri Dipadu Dengan Reciprocal Teaching Pada

Mata Pelajaran Sains Untuk Meningkatkan Kemampuan Berpikir Dan

Aktivitas Siswa Kelas V Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Wahid Hasyim III Malang

Devi Taulina Wati Siti Zubaidah

Susriyati Mahanal

Abstract

Based on our observation and discussion with the head master and science teacher of MIWH III

Malang, we found some problems in science class V Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Wadih Hasyim III

(MIWH III) Malang, the science teaching and learning was still content-based, students activities

were very limited, and most of the students’ ability to think was still low. Therefore, in this

research we try to solve the problems by classroom action research in two cycles, each cycle

consists of four phases, these are planning of action, doing the action observation, and reflection.

The research subject was student at science class V MIWH III Malang, consisting of 14 students.

The result of this research showed that applying of inquiry-based and reciprocal teaching

methods can improve the student ability to think and learning activites at science class V MIWH

III Malang. Keywords: Inquiry, reciprocal teaching, ability to think, students activity