MODEL INKUIRI UNTUK MENINGATKAN KEMAMPUAN REPRESENTASI VERBAL DAN MATEMATIS PADA PEMBELAJARAN FISIKA DI SMA

Learning physics aren’t only to know the formulas of mathematic problem andsolve the mathematic question, but we have to know about the basic teori and theapplication. The purposes of this research are to know verbal and mathematicrepresentation ability and the increase of students’ test results during the application ofinquiry model in physics learning at senior high school. In this research, inquiry modelapplied with authentic assessment base. This research was experiment research. It means totry a new learning model within experiment and control groups. The area of this research isdecided by purposive sampling area. The sample of this research was the students’ of classXI Science Program at Tegaldlimo 1 Senior High School. The data analysis used N-gainand Independent Samples Test on SPSS 16. The results of this research show that thestudents’ verbal and mathematic representation ability are 0,76 and 0,89 and it includeshigh category