Development of Student Worksheet Based on Problem Based Learning to Improve Students’ Critical Thinking Ability in 5th Grade Elementary School

Fajar Rahayu Ningwiasih ,I Wayan Distrik ,Nurlaksana Eko Rusminto

doi:10.7176/jep/12-24-12

Abstract

The problem of the research and development was the low ability of critical thinking students and the worksheet used during learning does not support the ability of critical thinkinh of 5th hrade Elementary School in north Raman. This reasearch and development to develop worksheet based on PBL that is feasible and efective in improving students critical thingking skill. The reaseacrh method used the desugn of Borg & Gall. The populationn of this reasearch is the students of 5th grade Elementary School in north Raman. The reasearch sampel was determined by purposive sampling technique wa 20 students’ in 5th grade class A of Elementary School Raman Endra. The woksheet was validated by media expert, material expert, language expert, and practitioner. Data Cpllector uses as valid and reliable pbjective test instrument. The data analyzed by using N-Gain. The result showed that the worksheet was feasible to use and effectively improved student critical thinking skill. Keywords: Worksheet, PBL, critical thinking skill DOI: 10.7176/JEP/12-24-12 Publication date: August 31 st 2021

Highlights

Education in Indonesia is designed in the form of a system that can face the challenges of the times and produce human resources in accordance with the demands of the required competencies
The subjects of the study were student worksheets based on problem based learning, while the subjects of the product trial were students of class V elementary school
The development of Problem Based Learning (PBL)-based student worksheets in thematic learning is focused on class V theme 6 Heat and its Transfer in sub-theme 1 Temperature and Heat

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Education in Indonesia is designed in the form of a system that can face the challenges of the times and produce human resources in accordance with the demands of the required competencies. Critical thinking process is needed to sort and choose the most appropriate solution to overcome and solve problems Critical thinking is needed to process the information obtained in order to make logical decisions Stobaugh (2012: 4) As a follow-up to the demands of human resource competence, the government imposed the 2013 curriculum as a step change from the Abidin curriculum (2014: 11-12). In order to achieve the final orientation, it is realized that educator It is done to develop knowledge based on the core subject of learning but it must be oriented so that students have creative, critical, communicative, and character abilities

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