THE INFLUENCE OF INITIAL ABILITY ON METACOGNITIVE SKILLS THROUGH INQUIRY LEARNING STRATEGY

The research aimed to know the contribution of initial abilities on metacognitive skills through inquiry learning strategy. The research subjects were college students at the Study Program of Primary School Teacher Education enlisted in Basic Concept of Natural Sciences Courses consisted of two classes: Class A used guided inquiry learning strategy and Class B used free inquiry learning strategy. Instrument used was essay test using rubric from Corebima. Data analyzed using regression statistics analysis. The analysis result indicates that Adjusted R Square for class using guided learning strategy was 35.8%, whereas for class using free inquiry learning strategy was 2%