The analysis of implementation of multy source based learning media to improve the elementary students’ critical thinking skills in solving addition and subtraction problems

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the analysis of implementation of multy source based learning media to improve the elementary students’ critical thinking skills in solving addition and subtraction problems. This is caused by the lesson plans cannot motivate students to improve critical thinking skills. The method used in this study is a mixed method which is a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods. The research subjects were the sixth grade students of elementary school consisting of 32 students of experimental class and 32 students of the control class. The instruments of this research are an interview, a questionnaire, observation, and documentation. Quantitative method is applied to analyze the difference of student achievement result among two classes, while the qualitative method is applied to analyze the students' higher order thinking skills. The results show that there are significant differences between the two classes that applied multi source based learning media and conventional learning. The statistical result indicates that the (2-tailed) significance of the independent sample t-test in the pre-test was 0.000 or α ≤ 0.05. It implies that the implementation of multy source based learning media affects the students' critical thinking skills in solving addition and subtraction problems.