PRELIMINARY STUDY ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF PHYSICS BOOK AND WORKSHEET BASED ON INQUIRY REVIEWED FROM THINKING ABILITY OF PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS

This research is a preliminary study of the development of physics books and worksheet based on inquiry to improve the thinking ability of physics education students FMIPA State University of Medan. This research is a research R & D (Research and Development) covering three stages of research are: 1) Preliminary Study, 2) Development of books and Work sheet, and 3) Book trials and Work sheet. Preliminary studies were conducted a) library analysis and b) questionnaire sheets. Library analysis to study the basic syllabus of wave, electric and magnetic and about inquiry learning, thinking ability. The questionnaires sheets were given to student of physics education program of class of 2017/2018 and field survey of lecturers of wave, electrical and magnetic by giving questionnaires to 3 lecturers. The results showed that the concepts of electrical and magnetic wave base courses have an indicator of logical thinking ability. Inquiry based physics teaching improve the quality of learning physics and thinking ability, particularly for prospective teachers of physics.