PENINGKATAN KETERAMPILAN PROSES SAINS DASAR DENGAN PENDEKATAN OPEN-INQUIRY
The objetive of this action research was to understand comprehensively the effort to improve basic science process skills of kindergarten children in group B of TK Muslimat 02 Singosari Malang. The method that have been use in aim to improve basic science process skills is open-inquiry approach in science learning. The data were collected through participant using interview, observation, and test. The data analysis and interpretation indicates that open-inquiry approach in science learning can be used to improve basic science process skills of kindergarten children in group B of TK Muslimat 02 Singosari Malang. Open inquiry approach that have been used in this research consist of four stages which are playing stages, causal thinking (associative thinking) developing stages, chalenge stage, and investigation stage. The findings lead to the recommendation for the teacher to use the open-inquiry approach in science learning to improve basic science process skills.