Abstract
Critical thinking is an emphasis on the 2013 curriculum, as an activity in learning that must be done by the teacher for that it needs analysis to describe student abilities. This research uses descriptive quantitative research method with a sample of 318 elementary school students who are in public schools in the Tampan District, Pekanbaru, Riau Province. The results of the study found that out of 18 schools with a sample of 318 students there were 9 schools that received the 'not good' category, 9 schools that received the 'not good' category. Viewed from the critical thinking indicator, it turns out that the student's ability score reaches 23 with the category of underperformance or very low under the standard of mastery learning. It can be concluded that the ability of students in critical thinking is still very low and needs government attention to improve teacher learning.
Highlights
In accordance with the 2013 curriculum that was implemented in elementary schools, it was very demanding that students critical thinking in every lesson given by the teacher
HOTS is the one that is demanded by Indonesian national education in accordance with as stipulated in the Regulation of the Minister of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia Number 22 Year 2016 regarding the standard process of Basic and Secondary Education that knowledge is obtained through activities "Remembering, understanding, applying, analyzing, evaluating and create "
The population in this study consisted of 18 elementary schools in Tampan subDistrict Pekanbaru with research subjects in grade IV elementary schools with a population of 2629 people. (Riduwan, 2015) Determination of the sample of this study amounted to 318 people with a precision level of 5% random sampling
Summary
In accordance with the 2013 curriculum that was implemented in elementary schools, it was very demanding that students critical thinking in every lesson given by the teacher. HOTS is the one that is demanded by Indonesian national education in accordance with as stipulated in the Regulation of the Minister of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia Number 22 Year 2016 regarding the standard process of Basic and Secondary Education that knowledge is obtained through activities "Remembering, understanding, applying, analyzing, evaluating and create " This means that every student starting from Elementary Education to Secondary Education is required to produce graduates or products that have the ability to remember, understand, apply, analyze, evaluate and create, in other words, "Higher Order Thinking Skill" or HOTS (Kemendikbud, 2018). This research is needed in need of an analysis of the ability of elementary school students today to provide the action that must be done by education experts
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