Inquiry and Metacognitive Strategy to Enhance Students’ Concepts in Electricity

Abstract

          This research was aimed to enhance students' concepts in electricity Through the Inquiry approach supplemented with metacognitive strategy. The target group was 28 grade 9^th students and it was conducted in the 2^th Semester academic year 2019, Thoen Wittaya School, Lampang Thailand. The research tools were 1) lesson plans which employed the inquiry approach and metacognitive strategies i.e., planning, self- reguration and evaluation. 2) a 30 -item multiple choices concept test to measure concept of (1) simple electric circuit (2) voltage and current relationship in Simple circuit, and (3) electric circuit in the Household. The Class Average Normalized Gain <g>) was used to data and additional interviewing was conducted. The results that the overall implying that the student’s conceptual understanding enhanced in medium level.