The contribution of science process skill towards students cognitive achievement through guided inquiry-based learning

Students need science process skills (SPS) to they investigate in learning. Teachers at senior high schools in Manokwari have measured student skills, but are not specific to science process skills. The contribution of SPS towards student cognitive achievement became the focus in this research. 88 participant research was taken from X_MIA class of SMA Negeri 01 Manokwari. Measurement of SPS and cognitive achievement of students used the test. The results of the data analyzed used a simple regression found that P < 0.05, it means that there was a contribution of SPS towards student cognitive achievement. The contribution of SPS towards student cognitive achievement was 55.7%. It can be concluded that the SPS has a contributed towards cognitive achievement of students when the teacher applies guided inquiry-based learning in his class.