The Effect of Guided Inquiry Learning Method VS Free Inquiry Against Learning Outcomes

Abstract

This research is motivated by the lack of use of various methods in learning the basics of accounting which resulted in low student results. Issues that will be examined in this study is whether there are differences in student learning outcomes using guided inquiry learning methods and the methods of free inquiry learning? With the goal of his research which is to determine differences in learning outcomes of students who are taught using guided inquiry learning and free inquiry. Method of this research is a quasi-experimental. The experiment was conducted at the Department of Economic Education Faculty of Teacher Training and Education University of Nusa Cendana the population of all students of Economic Education FKIP Undana, and subject to the 70 students of the first semester, with 40 students in the grade A as an experimental class teaching methods guided inquiry and 30 students in the grade B as the control class using free inquiry learning methods. Purposive sampling is cluster random sampling technique. Data were analyzed using one-way ANOVA technique with the prerequisite test analysis is the normality and homogeneity test. The results of data analysis showed that there are differences in student learning outcomes using guided inquiry learning and free inquiry with F count = 21.352, p = 0.004 <0.05, for a value of p <0.05, it can be concluded that there are differences in guided inquiry learning methods vs. free inquiry against student results.