Using the ibsr technique as a psychological intervention to alleviate student stress in biology learning: Impacts on motivation, knowledge construction, and cognitive anxiety

Nova Vivi Clara Saputri; Adi Rahmat; Yanti Hamdiyati

doi:10.21009/biosferjpb.45086

Authors

Nova Vivi Clara Saputri Biology Education, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Indonesia
Adi Rahmat Biology Education, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Indonesia
Yanti Hamdiyati Biology Education, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21009/biosferjpb.45086

Keywords:

Cognitive anxiety, GCL, IBSR technique, Learning difficulties, Motivation

Abstract

Learning difficulties are a common issue faced by students, with stress being a significant contributing factor. One psychological treatment that has been shown to effectively reduce stress is Inquiry-Based Stress Reduction (IBSR). The objective of this study is to integrate IBSR into a discovery learning strategy in Biology in the classroom, with the aim of increasing students' learning motivation and knowledge construction while reducing their learning difficulties and cognitive anxiety. This is quasi-experimental research that used a post-test non-equivalent control group design. The study involved 72 11th-grade science students from two different classes at one of the public high schools in Bandung City. One class, consisting of 36 students, received IBSR treatment, while the other class, also consisting of 36 students, did not. Both classes used a discovery learning framework for teaching. Data on motivation, learning difficulties, and cognitive anxiety were collected using a rating scale questionnaire with eight scales. Students' ability to construct knowledge was measured using the German Cognitive Load (GCL) instrument in the form of a written test with indicators taken from Mayer's cognitive taxonomy (2002) in the realm of understanding. The study found that incorporating IBSR techniques into learning strategies for the immune system material can reduce student stress and improve learning performance, motivation, and knowledge construction (GCL), while also decreasing learning difficulties and cognitive anxiety.

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