The profile of critical thinking skills students on science learning

Abstract

Critical thinking skills are an important and necessary skill to confront the challenges in the 21st century. Critical thinking define as basic skills that should be owned by someone to be able to develop thinking skills at a more complex level. This research is aimed to determine junior high school students’ critical thinking skills in science learning. This research is descriptive qualitative research using instruments developed based on aspects of critical thinking skills according Ennis which include elementary clarification, basic support, inference, advanced clarification and strategies and tactics. The subjects in this research were 30 students in grade eight of a junior high school in Bandung which was chosen using purposive sampling technique. The results of the study show that the average percentage of the five aspects of critical skills received by students is 45 and falls into a very low category. The conclusion from this skill of the students still was in a low category, so that needed a way to enhance on indicators of students’ critical thinking skills.