Abstract
This study aimed to examine the influence of blended learning on critical thinking of Indonesian Christian students during the covid-19 pandemic era. Blended learning was a mixture of traditional learning and online learning. It was a method that students were freely to study the subject matter independently by utilizing the materials available online or conducting discussions with teachers or other students outside the hours of face-to-face, and teachers could add enrichment materials through internet facilities, might have students read the material or did the tests performed before the study. This method produced a critical thinking, which was a consideration of viewpoint, interpretation and withdrawal of conclusions, assumptions, implications, and consequences, open minds, collecting, assessing and translating relevant information. This study was a quantitative research, using simple linier regression. A hundred and twenty students were randomly selected from schools in Malang East Java Indonesia. The result reveals that blended learning influenced 81.6% adjustment of critical thinking of students. In this regard, Ministry of Education and Culture of Indonesia should on regular bases organize workshops on blended learning for teachers
Highlights
It was impossible to get proper education process in pandemic era
According to Kusairi in Hima [4], some of the impacts of Blended Learning: (a) Students are freely to study the subject matter independently by utilizing the materials available online; (b) Students may conduct discussions with teachers or other students outside the hours of face-to-face. (c) Learning activities undertaken by students in face-to-face hours can be managed and well controlled by the teacher. (d) Teachers can add enrichment materials through www.rspsciencehub.com internet facilities; (e) The teacher may have students read the material or do the tests performed before the study
There was no doubt that blended learning could be a solution to increase critical thinking during the Covid-19 pandemic era
Summary
It was impossible to get proper education process in pandemic era. Even a year before pandemic, a research proved that teachers needed an extra hard effort to design the learning process so that students are interested in participating in teaching and learning activities [1]. Blended learning is a mixture of traditional learning or face-to-face and online learning that uses technology [2]. In line with Usman's opinion, Widiara said that the Blended Learning method is a mixed learning that uses face-to-face learning or direct learning with online learning so that students are more interested in learning the material [3]. Based on the above exposure, it can be concluded that Blended learning is a combination of traditional learning or commonly called face to face and online learning using technology. According to Kusairi in Hima [4], some of the impacts of Blended Learning: (a) Students are freely to study the subject matter independently by utilizing the materials available online; (b) Students may conduct discussions with teachers or other students outside the hours of face-to-face. According to Kusairi in Hima [4], some of the impacts of Blended Learning: (a) Students are freely to study the subject matter independently by utilizing the materials available online; (b) Students may conduct discussions with teachers or other students outside the hours of face-to-face. (c) Learning activities undertaken by students in face-to-face hours can be managed and well controlled by the teacher. (d) Teachers can add enrichment materials through www.rspsciencehub.com internet facilities; (e) The teacher may have students read the material or do the tests performed before the study
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