Abstract
This research aims at describing the relation between students’ ability in critical reading and their mathematical critical thinking at Mathematics Education Study Program of IKIP Siliwang. Critical Reading is one of basic skills for students to comprehend and value information. Reading comprehension skill will affect their study. This research is a descriptive study specifically correlational design. The subject is 40 students of Mathematics Education Study Program who have enrolled the General Indonesian Language subject. The result showed that there was significant correlation between the students’ critical reading skill and their mathematical critical thinking skill, with significance value < 0.05, that is 0.000 and the value of correlation coefficient of 0.774, which means a very strong correlation and positive, indicating a direct relationship. Accordingly, students of Mathematics Education Study Program need to have and practice critical reading to facilitate their mathematical critical thinking.
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