Abstract This study aims to improve students’ critical thinking skills on renewable energy related material in class XI through the application of problem-based learning model. This study is a classroom action research consisting of two cycles with four stages of each cycle: planning, implementing, observing, and reflecting, conducted in the odd semester of the 2022/2023 school year. The benefits of this research are to improve the learning quality in the classroom and to train students’ critical thinking skills. The subjects in this study were 36 students of class XI-2 public high-school 109 Jakarta. Based on the results of tests, interviews, and observations, when applying the Problem Based Learning model in cycle I: 27 students (75%) were able to think critically and 9 students (25%) were less able to think critically with a class average score of final test 76.41. In cycle II: 34 students (94%) were able to think critically and 2 students (6%) were less able to think critically with a class average score on the final test of 81.82. The conclusion of this study showed that applying a problem-based learning model to renewable energy materials can improve students’ critical thinking skills.
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