Model Pembelajaran POE (<i>Predict-Observe-Explain</i>) Terhadap Keterampilan Berpikir Kritis Siswa SMP Miftahul Khair NW Kabupaten Lombok Tengah

Abstract

This classroom action research aims to improve students' critical thinking skills through the application of the POE (predict-observe-explain) learning model. The study was conducted in two cycles with a total of six meetings. Each cycle consists of planning, action, observation, and reflection. The subjects of this study were the 8th-grade students of Miftahul Khair Islamic Junior High School, Central Lombok. The data collected were students' critical thinking skills and the activity of the POE (predict-observe-explain) learning model implementation namely teacher activities and student activities. The instruments used were critical thinking test instruments and observation sheets for the implementation of the POE learning model (predict-observe-explain). The research data were analyzed by comparative descriptive. The results showed that the application of the POE (predict-observe-explain) learning model could improve students' critical thinking skills, as evidenced by the average student's critical thinking skills which increased from an average score of 41 in the moderate.