The Development of Analytical Thinking Skill of 10th Grade Students by Using Inquiry Approach with Questioning Techniques

Abstract

This research aims to study the development process of the analytical thinking skill of 10th-grade students by Inquiry approach with Questioning techniques and to compare the analytical thinking skills before and after learning through Inquiry - approach learning management and Questioning techniques. The target group were 45 10th grade students of Woranari Chaloem Songkhla School selected by the purposive sampling. The research method was based on classroom action research by Kemmis and McTaggart. The research tools comprised four lesson plans; analytical thinking pretest, posttest, and notes after learning management. The statistics for the research analysis were percentage (%), arithmetic mean ( ), standard deviation (S.D.), and Wilcoxon matched pairs. The results showed that the Inquiry approach with Questioning techniques could develop analytical thinking skills in the target group more than 80 percent criteria; 37 students from all students (82 %). Analytical thinking posttest score was significantly higher than pretest score at .05 levels.