Abstract

Critical thinking and information literacy are skills that need to be developed to deal with the challenges of the 21st century. This study aimed to produce integrated science teaching materials oriented on critical thinking skills and information literacy. The research method used was Development and Research (R&D) that be limited to preliminary test. Development of teaching materials used the Model for the Process Writing Teaching Materials. There were two kinds of instruments applied in this research, quality questionnaires and comprehension test. The quality of teaching materials assessed by 3 experts and 10 science teachers. The comprehension test was conducted by 30 ninth grade students. All data were analyzed qualitatively. The results showed that the quality of integrated science teaching materials developed in good category with 88.81% and the comprehension of main idea in high category with the percentage of 88.08%, therefore it was feasible to be used in improving critical thinking skills and information literacy of junior high school students.

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