PENERAPAN MODEL PEMBELAJARAN SEARCH, SOLVE, CREATE, AND SHARE (SSCS) UNTUK MENINGKATKAN KETERAMPILAN BERPIKIR KRITIS SISWA

Abstract

This research is motivated by learning which is still dominated by teachers without training students to be able to carry out learning activities in the form of problem investigation, problem solving, and decision making so that students' skills in critical thinking are less trained. In addition, the test given in the test only measures the level of knowledge and understanding of students so that students' skills are not known. For this reason, through this research, the researcher seeks to improve students' critical thinking skills through the application of the search, solve, create, and share (SSCS) learning model. This research is a classroom action research conducted on grade VA students at SDN 021 Sitorajo Kari, totaling 20 students. The instruments used were the observation sheet and critical thinking skills test. The results showed that in the first cycle the actions taken by the teacher reached 65.62% in the sufficient category, the student activity reached 62.5% in the sufficient category, and the students' critical thinking skills were also in the sufficient category, namely 66.4%. In the second cycle the teacher's action increased to 84.37% in the good category, the student activity also increased to 81.12% in the good category, and the students' critical thinking skills also increased by 76.8% which was in the good category. Based on the results of the study, it was concluded that the application of the search, solve, create, and share (SSCS) learning model could improve the critical thinking skills of students in class VA SDN 021 Sitorajo Kari.