PENERAPAN MODEL PEMBELAJARAN GROUP INVESTIGATION (GI) DALAM MENINGKATKAN KEMAMPUAN BERPIKIR KRITIS DAN KETERAMPILAN SOSIAL SISWA DALAM PEMBELAJARAN IPA BIOLOGI UNTUK MATERI AJAR PERTUMBUHAN DAN PERKEMBANGAN KELAS 8-C SEMESTER GASAL DI SMP NEGERI 1 BANGIL

Abstract

Abstract. Group Investigation (GI) is a learning model that designed to student participation in planning to investigation stages. GI does not just drive the student participation physically. The model intends to stimulate higher thinking order of the student. It indicates the GI has relevant on the higher thinking order. In the other hand, GI also stimulates the student collaboration. The research aims to investigate application GI learning model enhancing on higher thinking order and social psycomotor of student in science biology learning at Junior High School. This research is a class action research that uses one class as an action class. The learning process uses two cycles. The data analysis uses qualitative descriptive analysis where the higher thinking order gained from the assessment of doing the worksheet and the social psycomotor gained from the assessment of the student behavior during the learning process. Based on the data analysis, higher thinking order increases 8,8% and social psycomotor increases 2,53.

Key Words : higher thinking order, GI model, social psycomotor.