DESIGN OF AN E-STUDENT WORKSHEET ON MEASUREMENT BASED ON INQUIRY LEARNING INTEGRATED WITH LOCAL WISDOM TO FACILITATE STUDENTS’ CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS

Abstract

The development of the Society 5.0 era requires learning to equip students with various skills, one of which is critical thinking through the use of digital technology. Physics learning needs to facilitate students’ critical thinking skills through contextual and meaningful learning activities. However, the needs analysis conducted at SMAN 1 Lubuk Sikaping revealed that learning was still predominantly teacher-centered, the teaching materials were not systematically structured according to the syntax of the learning model, and local wisdom and critical thinking indicators had not been optimally integrated. Therefore, this study aimed to analyze needs, develop an E-Student Worksheet on Measurement based on Inquiry Learning integrated with local wisdom, and determine its validity and practicality. The E-Student Worksheet was designed to facilitate students’ critical thinking skills. This study employed a Research and Development (R&D) method using the Four-D (4D) model, which was limited to three stages: Define, Design, and Develop, without implementing the Disseminate stage. The needs analysis involved one physics teacher and 32 Grade X Phase E students, while product validation involved five expert validators. The practicality test involved one physics teacher and 36 Grade X Phase E students. Product validity was analyzed using Aiken’s V index, while practicality was analyzed based on score percentages. The results showed that the developed E-Student Worksheet obtained an average Aiken’s V value of 0.93, categorized as valid. The practicality test yielded scores of 94% based on the teacher’s response and 88% based on students’ responses, both of which were categorized as highly practical. These findings indicate that the developed E-Student Worksheet meets the validity and practicality criteria for use in physics learning. However, since this study was limited to the Develop stage, the effectiveness of the E-Student Worksheet in improving students’ critical thinking skills has not been tested and requires further investigation.