DESIGN OF AN E-STUDENT WORKSHEET ON MOTION ALONG A STRAIGHT LINE BASED ON GUIDED INQUIRY INTEGRATED WITH LOCAL WISDOM TO FACILITATE STUDENTS' CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS

Abstract

The development of digital technology in the Society 5.0 era requires students to possess critical thinking skills so that they can understand, analyze, evaluate, and draw conclusions based on information and data. The initial analysis at SMAN 1 Batang Kapas shows that the average students' critical thinking skills are at 29%, which falls into the weak category. One of the reasons is the limited teaching materials that have not been systematically organized according to the learning model's syntax and do not include indicators of critical thinking skills. In addition, the teaching materials used have not integrated local wisdom and made use of interactive digital media to support understanding of physics concepts. This study aims to develop an Electronic Student Worksheet (E-Student Worksheet) on motion along a straight line based on guided inquiry integrated with local wisdom to facilitate students’ critical thinking skills in a valid and practical manner. This study employed a Research and Development (R&D) methodology using the Four-D (4D) development model, which consists of the Define, Design, and Develop phases; the Disseminate phase was not implemented. The study involved one physics teacher, 34 10th-grade students in Phase E, and five expert validators. The validity of the E-Student Worksheet was analyzed using the V Aiken index, while its practicality was assessed based on feedback from teachers and students regarding ease of use and readability, presentation, efficiency, and the benefits of the E-Student Worksheet in learning. The results showed that the E-Student Worksheet achieved an average V Aiken score of 0.93, which falls into the “valid” category. The evaluation covered seven aspects: content substance, visual communication, E-Student Worksheet components, software utilization, guided inquiry, critical thinking skills, and local wisdom. Thus, the E-Student Worksheet developed in this study meets the criteria for high validity and can be used as teaching material in physics lessons on motion along a straight line. The results of the practicality test showed a percentage of 95.09% based on teacher responses and 93.52% based on student responses, both of which fall into the “very practical” category. Thus, the guided inquiry-based E-Student Worksheet on motion along a straight line, which integrates local wisdom to facilitate critical thinking skills, is considered valid and very practical for use in physics instruction. However, the effectiveness of E-Studens Worksheet in improving critical thinking skills has not been tested