Solar system is an abstract phenomenon that needs to understand by junior high school students. The phenomenon cannot be observed directly in the classroom. In this research, the role-play model is first proposed to provide analogical phenomenon combined by Stellarium as an astrophysical virtual laboratory to give better visualization of Solar System Model. Role-play is a part of psychodrama used as a learning method to help students understand some aspects of science. However, the best strategy on this approach needs to be further investigated. The research attempts to improve students’ understanding on learning solar system. The role-play model is applied before or after using Stellarium virtual observatory as pre and post role-play learning designs, respectively. This research employed quasi-experimental method. The method used in this research is experimental with pretest-posttest design. There are three types of instrument used in this research. There are objective test, rubric, and questionnaire. The quantitative data of this research was collected by objective test (pretest-posttest), while the qualitative data is used to describe students’ performance and students’ responds in role-play. The result shows that there are statistically significant between pre role-play and post role-play. The N-gain of students’ understanding improvement on post role-play was 0.40 and pre role-play was 0.18. The result is confirmed by students’ performance and responds implying that students need learning concept previously so that they can perform role-play effectively.
The purpose of this study was to analyze the differences between the scientific attitude of students who use the Open Inquiry learning model with students who use Guided Inquiry learning model on the theme of temperature and changes. This study used Quasi Experiment with study design Matching Only pretestposttest control group design. The study sample consisted of 56 students of class VII from one SMP N in Palembang. The sampling technique used was cluster random sampling. Data collection techniques were scale scientific attitude. Data were analyzed using normality test, homogeneity test, and test Independent Samples Test using IBM SPSS Statistics 22 program and Microsoft Excel. Data obtained from the increase in scientific attitude to student learning model that uses the Open Inquiry of 0.30 with the moderate category and for students who use Guided Inquiry learning model of 0.21 with a lower category. The test results demonstrate the value of research hypothesis significance (2-tailed) of 0.031 <α (0.05) which means that H0 rejected and H1 accepted. It can be concluded that there are significant differences scientific attitude of students who use the Open Inquiry learning model with students who use Guided Inquiry learning model on the theme of the temperature and changes
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