Research Problem Limitation of Problem Research Objective Significance of Research

Anggita novianti, 2015 STUDENTS’ QUESTIONSON INQUIRY-TYPE LABORATORY IN LEARNING HEAT TRANSFER CONCEPT Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia | repository.upi.edu | perpustakaan.upi.edu this research is to investigate students’ questions on inquiry-type laboratory in learning heat transfer.

B. Research Problem

Based upon the research background described previously, the research problem of this study is “How is students’ question on inquiry-type laboratory in learning heat transfer ?” C. Research Question Based on the previously stated research problem, this research attempts to explore the following questions: 1. How is students’ question during the planning stage of inquiry-type laboratory? 2. How is students’ question during the experiment stage of inquiry-type laboratory? 3. How is students’ question during the discussion stage of inquiry-type laboratory?

D. Limitation of Problem

In order to avoid a widening problem in this research, then the research will be limited to as follow: 1. Students’ questions in this research is the relevant questions posed by the students which will be classified by its’ productivity Jelly, 1985. 2. Inquiry-type laboratory features in this research is adapted from National Research Council 2000 3. The topic developed in this research is limited to heat transfer such as; conduction, convection and radiation. Anggita novianti, 2015 STUDENTS’ QUESTIONSON INQUIRY-TYPE LABORATORY IN LEARNING HEAT TRANSFER CONCEPT Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia | repository.upi.edu | perpustakaan.upi.edu

E. Research Objective

The research objective is specified to as follow: 1. To identify students’ question during the planning stage of inquiry-type laboratory 2. To identify students’ question during the experiment stage of inquiry-type laboratory 3. To identify students’ question during the discussion stage of inquiry-type laboratory

F. Significance of Research

The result of this research is expected to give a good input to as follow: 1. For Teachers This research is expected to become a reference in designing an inquiry-type laboratory in order to develop students’ questions-asking ability. 2. For Students Through inquiry-type laboratory, it is expected that the student develop more and better questions in order to understand science not only as a product, but also to understand science as a process 3. For Other Researchers As input and introductory study to comprehend the effect of inquiry-type laboratory towards students’ question-asking ability in an instruction with different variable and more problems Anggita novianti, 2015 STUDENTS’ QUESTIONSON INQUIRY-TYPE LABORATORY IN LEARNING HEAT TRANSFER CONCEPT Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia | repository.upi.edu | perpustakaan.upi.edu

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