The implementation of group investigation learning model to equip students to think critically in addressing the hoax content of disaster on the internet

Abstract

Nowadays, internet access can give not only positive influence but also the negative one. One of the negative influences is hoax news about natural disaster. This research aims to implement Group Investigation learning model in order to develop students’ critical thinking skills, so students can respond carefully on hoax news of natural disaster. The method in this research was Classroom Action Research (CAR). The result shows that; (1) the knowledge students have of the potential for natural disasters, does not guarantee that they can understand whether the disaster information is a hoax or not; (2) information about disasters needs to be investigated in groups for people of the same age as middle school students; (3) Students’ confidence in a news is directly proportional to their actions to share a content through social media; (4) disaster information is something that needs to be considered in disaster learning.