Peningkatan Aktivitas Belajar Siswa dengan Pendekatan Inkuiri pada Pembelajaran IPA di Sekolah Dasar

The application of inquiry approach will help students more easily and focus to understand the subject matter and to train students to be more accurate and more robust understanding. This study aims to describe the increase in students' learning activities using an inquiry approach to teaching Natural Sciences in Public Elementary School fourth grade 17 Air Upas. methods used in this research is descriptive method. Form of classroom action research (CAR). The research was conducted at SDN 17 Class IV Water District Water Upas Upas Ketapang Regency. The results are (1) The use of inquiry approaches in science teaching can increase students' physical activity by 28.57%. (2) The use of inquiry approaches in science teaching can improve students' mental activity by 32.33% ie an increase in the student category of mental activity. (3) The use of inquiry approaches in science teaching can improve students' emotional activity by 42.86% ie an increase in the student category of emotional activity. (4) The use of inquiry in science teaching approach can improve the ability of teachers to plan learning by 25%. (5) The use of inquiry in science teaching approach can improve the ability of teachers to plan learning by 92.31%