Dalam beberapa tahun terakhir, pengembangan profesionalitas guru IPA mendapat perhatian yang besar, tetapi pengembangan profesionalitas mahasiswa calon guru IPA ditinjau dari kemampuan proses inkuirinya masih belum banyak yang menelitinya. Penelitian ini ditujukan untuk mengeksplorasi kemampuan proses inkuri mahasiswa calon guru IPA berdasarkan gender dan lama studi mahasiswa. Sebanyak 302 mahasiswa calon guru IPA turut berpartisipasi dalam riset ini. Mahasiswa tersebut mulai dari angkatan tahun I hingga tahun IV di salah satu Lembaga Pendidikan Tenaga Kependidikan (LPTK) di Jawa Timur. Data yang dikumpulkan dalam riset ini bersumber dari hasil tes kemampuan proses inkuiri yang sebelumnya telah disusun dan ditelaah oleh para ahli dengan metode screening. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan kencenderungan mahasiswa calon guru IPA laki-laki cenderung lebih unggul dalam membuat prediksi, penerapan metode statistik, dan membuat kesimpulan, sedangkan mahasiswa calon guru IPA perempuan cenderung unggul dalam identifikasi/merumuskan masalah dan mendesain eksperimen. Selain itu, hanya indikator kemampuan menerapkan metode statistik yang menunjukkan pola linier dengan lama masa studi mahasiswa calon guru IPA.In recent years, the professional development of science teachers has received great attention, but limited research on the professional development of prospective science teacher students in terms of the inquiry process abilities. This research purposed to explore the inquiry process abilities of prospective science teacher students based on gender and student’s years of study. A total of 302 science teacher students participated in this research. The students started from the freshmen to the senior year in one of the Institute of Teacher Education (LPTK) in East Java. The data collected in this research was sourced from the results of the inquiry process abilities test, which had previously been compiled and reviewed by subject matter experts with screening methods. The results of this study indicate that the tendency of male prospective science teacher students tends to be superior in making predictions, applying statistical methods, and making conclusions. In contrast, female prospective science teacher students tend to excel in identifying/formulating problems and designing experiments. Besides, only the ability to apply statistical methods indicator that shows a linear pattern with the student's years of study.
THE DYNAMICS OF THE SUBSTANTIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE VALUE-MOTIVATIONAL COMPONENT OF STUDENTS’ PSYCHOLOGICAL READINESS FOR PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY AT VARIOUS STAGES OF STUDYING AT THE UNIVERSITY
