Low Critical Thinking Skills Research Articles

Validity of E-module Biology Based on Scientific Approach to Improve Students' Critical Thinking Skills on Biodiversity Class X SMA

The development of science and technology is very fast and increasingly sophisticated, so schools as educational institutions are required to train critical thinking skills which are one of the skills demanded in 21st century learning. However, the facts found in schools are that the level of students' critical thinking skills is still relatively low. . One of the media that is effectively used to overcome problems related to low critical thinking skills is the E-module. E-module is a form of presenting self-learning material in electronic format which is arranged systematically into the smallest learning units which include animation, audi o, video and navigation so that users are more interactive in learning. This type of research is Research and Development (R&D) research using the Plomp Model. The object of this research is a biology E-module based on a scientific approach to biodiversity material to improve the critical thinking skills of class X high school students. The subjects of this study were three lecturers from the Department of Biology, FMIPA UNP, and one teacher at SMAN 1 Ranah Pesisir as validators for the use of the biology learning E-module. Based on the validation results, it can be concluded that the overall value of the validity results for the development of a biological E-module based on a scientific approach is in the valid category, meaning that the E-module is feasible to be tested in schools.

Pembelajaran Di Era Emergency Remote Teaching: Analisis Faktor Penghambat Partisipasi Diskusi Online Mahasiswa dan Strategi untuk Mengatasinya

Online discussion methods are widely applied in various educational institutions, especially in Islamic universities. However, the popularity of this method is not accompanied by the students' enthusiasm for following it. This study endeavors to explicate the factors preventing students from contributing in online discussions and techniques to overcome them. This research is a study that uses library research techniques. The present investigation entails a series of sequential phases, including determining the topic of study, finding and selecting various literature related to the topic, reviewing the literature, and compiling the literature into a study. The present study employed content analysis techniques to scrutinize data derived from diverse literary sources. The outcomes of the study indicate that there are six crucial factors that impede students from participating in online discussions, including (a) not understanding the importance of virtual discussion, (b) the attitude or habits of the instructor or learner, (c) personal character, (d) not understanding what to contribute, (e) low critical thinking skills, and (f) lack of time. Instructors must know these barriers and implement strategies to make online discussion forums exciting and compelling. The present study findings have dual implications, practically and theoretically. Practically, this study has the potential to serve as a guiding framework in conducting the online discussion learning method. Theoretically, this study can add to the scientific treasures in discussion learning methods in universities and can be a foundation for researchers pursuing additional investigation within the identical domain.

ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS' CRITICAL THINKING ABILITY IN SOLVING MATHEMATICS PROBLEMS IN CLASS XI AKL 1 SMK NEGERI 4 MAKASSAR

This study aims to describe students' critical thinking skills in solving math problems for class XI AKL 1 SMK Negeri 4 Makassar in the matter of a system of two-variable linear equations using word problems. The research method is descriptive with a qualitative and quantitative approach. The subject of this research was taken 4 students namely 2 students with high critical ability and 2 students with low critical ability from 34 students of class XI AKL 1 SMK Negeri 4 Makassar. The process of critical thinking skills in solving math problems students who have high critical thinking skills can solve problems because they have previously understood the material and examples of questions given, and worked carefully and thoroughly. While students with low critical thinking skills still do not understand the material and examples of questions given by researchers so that in solving math problems there are several steps to solving them that they do not understand

Validitas dan Keterbacaan LKPD Berbasis Model Pembelajaran Randai untuk Peserta Didik Kelas XI SMA

The low critical thinking skills of students in the human skeletal system material, due to Biology learning has not implemented learning models and teaching materials that facilitate students to practice critical thinking skills. This type of research is development research using 4-D models (four-D models), which is limited to the development stage. The research subjects were two Biology lecturers, FMIPA UNP, two Biology teachers, and 31 students of Class XI Science at SMAN 2 Lintau Buo. This study uses data analysis techniques, namely descriptive statistics. The results showed that the LKPD based on the RANDAI model from the validity test was very valid with a value of 94.25%. While the readability test by the teacher was very well read with a value of 92.26% and read very well by students with a value of 92.69%. LKPD based on the RANDAI learning model has been produced on the Human Movement System for Class XI SMA/MA which is very valid and reads very well.

The Correlation Between Critical Thinking Skills with Student Metacognitive Skills in Ecosystem Material

<p>Critical thinking skills are the active thinking process by someone by analyzing information, questioning the truth by remembering old memories so that a conclusion is obtained. Critical thinking skills are influenced by student readiness factors in learning including planning, monitoring and evaluation. Therefore, students with low critical thinking skills need to improve thinking skills by planning the systematic learning through empowerment of metacognitive skills. This study aims to determine the correlation between critical thinking skills with the metacognitive skills on ecosystem material. This research was conducted at SMAN 13 Jakarta in year 2021/2022. The method used is a quantitative descriptive method with a correlation study. This research consists of two variables, namely critical thinking skills as independent variables and metacognitive skills as a dependent variable. The sample used was 135 students of class XI MIPA which had obtained the elected ecosystem material through the Simple Random Sampling technique. Data collection is done through survey techniques using critical thinking skills tests and metacognitive skills tests. Based on the results of the study obtained a correlation coefficient of 0, 346 in the correlation of critical thinking skills with student metacognitive skills on ecosystem material. The results of the analysis show that there is a positive correlation between critical thinking skills with student metacognitive skills on ecosystem material.</p><p> </p>

Analisis Kemampuan Berpikir Kritis Siswa SMP Kelas VIII MTs Hadil Ishlah Bilebante Berdasarkan Gaya Belajar

This study aims to describe students' critical thinking skills based on learning styles with visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learning styles. This study was quantitative qualitative with descriptive method. The research subjects consisted of 8 students with each learning style at each level of critical thinking ability. Data collection in this study used tests to determine the level of students' critical thinking skills, questionnaires to determine student learning styles, and interviews. The test was carried out on the material of two-variable linear equations. The results of the tests and interviews were analyzed based on indicators of critical thinking skills: (1) interpretation, (2) analysis, (3) evaluation, (4) inference, and (5) explanation. The results showed that from 25 students there were 19 students in the category of high critical thinking skills with 6 visual, 5 auditory, and 8 kinesthetic students. 3 people with moderate critical thinking skills with 2 visual and 1 kinesthetic. 3 people with low critical thinking skills with 1 visual, 1 auditory, and 1 kinesthetic. Students with high category visual learning style can write interpretation, evaluation, inference, explanation, medium category can write interpretation, evaluation, inference, and low category can write interpretation. Students with a high category of auditory learning style can write inferences, low categories can write evaluations. Students with high category kinesthetic learning styles can write inference evaluations, medium and low categories can write evaluations.

Analisis Kemampuan Berpikir Kritis Siswa Kelas VIII SMP Negeri 1 Narmada Dalam Menyelesaikan Soal Cerita Materi Sistem Persamaan Linear Dua Variabel Tahun Ajaran 2021/2022

This study aims to describe the critical thinking skills of class VIII students at SMP Negeri 1 Narmada in solving story problems based on a two-variable system of linear equations. This type of research is called descriptive qualitative. The instrument used in this study uses the stages of Perkins and Murphy's critical thinking skills, namely (1) clarification, (2) assessment, (3) inference, and (4) strategy. The subjects in this study were from class VIII.8, which consisted of 36 students, then given essay tests and interviews. The test results data were analyzed to determine the categories of students' critical thinking abilities in the high, medium, and low categories. Then interviews were conducted to examine the test results that had been obtained by students in the high, medium, and low categories. The results of this study indicate that 14% of students with high critical thinking skills have not been able to complete the strategy stage. Fifthly percent of students with moderate critical thinking skills have not been able to complete the inference and strategy stages. Thirty-six percent of students with low critical thinking skills have not been able to complete all stages. This shows that students' critical thinking skills in solving story problems on the material of a two-variable linear equation system are in the medium category.

Penggunaan Model Pembelajaran Probing prompting Sebagai Upaya Meningkatkan Kemampuan Berpikir Kritis Siswa Pada Pembelajaran Sosiologi di Kelas X SMA Pembangunan Laboratorium UNP

This research is motivated by the low critical thinking skills of students in class X Social Sciences 3 SMA UNP Laboratory Development. Based on this, an innovative and creative learning model is needed so as to encourage students to think critically by using the Probing prompting learning model. The purpose of this study was to analysis the effect of the Probing prompting model on students' critical thinking skills. This research is a classroom action research carried out in two cycles. The data collection technique of this research used observation, tests and documentation. The theory that is suitable for this research is Ausubel's cognitive theory. Based on the results of research conducted by researchers at the UNP Laboratory Development High School, the percentage results in the first cycle of 41.32% increased in the second cycle of 70.00% from the results of the second cycle percentage in this study showed an increase in students' critical thinking. Therefore, this use can answer the question of this research in improving the critical thinking of class students.

STUDENTS' MATHEMATICS POWER VIEWED FROM THE STUDENT'S CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS

This study aims to analyze students' mathematical power viewed from the students' critical thinking skills. This study was conducted at State Junior High School 3 Polokarto. The subjects of the study were determined using the snowball sampling technique. The research instrument was in the form of essay test questions and interview guidelines. The triangulation method was used as a reference to check the data. The data were analyzed using data collection, data reduction and data categorization, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. The results showed that 1) students with high critical thinking skills have good mathematical reasoning abilities with deductive mathematical reasoning models and they also have good mathematical communication and mathematical connections; 2) students with moderate critical abilities have deductive mathematical reasoning abilities with poor mathematical reasoning and mathematical communication skills, but they have good mathematical connections as e students have a longer time in understanding oral questions than written questions; and 3) students with low critical thinking skills have low mathematical deductive reasoning abilities, mathematical communication, and mathematical connections. The low students' mathematical power is caused by the difficulty in understanding the problem.

Improve Critical Thinking Skills with Informatics Educational Games

Facing the challenges of the 21st century Critical thinking is one of the main abilities that students must have. The problem of low critical thinking skills is caused by factors in students and learning that does not focus on developing critical thinking skills. This study aims to develop an Informatics educational game with higher order thinking skill (HOTS) questions based on the Berbras competition to improve students' critical thinking skills. The research design used by the ADDIE model consists of the stages of analysis, design, develop, implementation, evaluation. Test the effectiveness of educational games using experimental research with Noneequivalent Control Group Design. The research subjects were 32 students in class VIIA and 33 students in class VIIB. Collecting data using a questionnaire instrument and an essay test. The research data were analyzed using paired samples test, with the data requirements being normally distributed and homogeneous. The results of the normality and homogeneity test of the data, obtained a significance level greater than 0.05 so that the critical thinking ability data is normally distributed and homogeneous. The increase in critical thinking skills from the N-Gain analysis of the experimental class was 0.63 in the medium category and the control class was 0.43 in the medium category. Based on the results of the paired samples test, the value of Sig. (2-tailed) of 0.000 <0.05, it can be concluded that the use of informatics educational games has a significant effect on increasing students' critical thinking skills.

Analysis Of Students' Critical Thinking Skills On The Material Of Flat Shapes In The Fifth Grade Of Tindoi State Elementary School

The ability to think critically is one of the abilities that must be mastered by students and has an important role in the mathematics learning process. Based on initial observations, it shows that the critical thinking skills of fifth graders at SD Negeri Tindoi are still low. This study aims to analyze students' critical thinking skills on the flat-shaped material. This research is a qualitative research. This study uses 4 indicators of critical thinking skills according to Robert Ennis, namely providing simple explanations, making further explanations, determining strategies and tactics, and concluding. The subjects in this study were 9 students of class V SD Negeri Tindoi, consisting of 3 male students and 6 female students. Data collection was carried out by written tests, interviews, and document studies. Data analysis techniques used are data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. The technique of checking the validity of the data is using the triangulation technique. Based on the results of the study, it was shown that the critical thinking skills of the fifth grade students of SD Negeri Tindoi belonged to the low category. This can be seen by the number of students who have low critical thinking skills as many as 4 students, 2 students with sufficient critical thinking skills, and 3 students with very low critical thinking skills out of 9 students. The students' critical thinking ability on each indicator in solving the problem of flat shape material shows different results in each category of critical thinking ability, namely: 1) Students with sufficient critical thinking ability have been able to meet three indicators of critical thinking ability, namely the indicator provides an explanation. simple, determine strategies and tactics and conclude. 2) Students with sufficient critical thinking skills have been able to meet two indicators of critical thinking skills, namely indicators of providing simple explanations, determining strategies and tactics, and 3) Students with very low critical thinking skills are only able to meet one indicator of critical thinking skills, namely indicators provide a simple explanation.

Pengembangan Media Pembelajaran Comic Book IPA untuk Meningkatkan Keterampilan Berpikir Kritis dan Karakter Peduli Lingkungan

This research is motivated by the low critical thinking skills and environmental care character of students, one of which is the lack of supporting media for interesting learning textbooks with lots of pictures and content that can make it easier for students to understand the material. This study aims to examine and develop a valid, practical and effective science comic book media to improve critical thinking skills and students' environmental care character. This study uses research and development methods, which means that research aims to produce certain products that can be used in the learning process, in the form of science comic book media. The sources of this research are students, teachers, and experts. The data in this study were obtained through data on the needs of students and teachers, which were obtained through a need’s questionnaire; IPA comic book media assessment data, which was obtained through a science comic book media readability questionnaire; and media application data obtained through test instruments, journals, and observation sheets. The data analysis technique used was the research prerequisite test including the normality test, as well as the media effectiveness test including the paired t test and the N-Gain test.The results showed that, (1) the assessment of 1 media expert validator and 2 material expert validators obtained an average percentage score of 95% and 92% with a very valid category; (2) the results of the media practicality test based on the teacher's response obtained an average percentage score of 96% in the very practical category, and based on the student's response the average percentage score was 95% in the very practical category; (3) The results of the T test on the pre-test and post-test of critical thinking skills obtained a Sig score. (2-tailed) of 0.002, while the results of the T-test on the pre-test and post-test of environmental care characters obtained a Sig score. (2-tailed) of 0.000 (4) the results of the N-Gain pre-test and post-test critical thinking skills obtained a score of 0.63 in the "moderate" category, while the environmental care character obtained a score of 0.42 with the category "currently".

The Influence of Inquiry Learning Model and Critical Thinking Ability on Student Learning Outcomes

This study describes the influence of the inquiry learning model and critical thinking skills on student learning outcomes. The research population was all seventh grade students of SMP Negeri 3 Tarutung. The sample was set at 60 people consisting of 2 (two) classes, with details of class VII-B totaling 30 people, class VII-C totaling 30 people. This research was carried out from October to December 2021. This research instrument used a multiple choice test of 30 items for learning outcomes tests and 10 items in the form of essays for critical thinking ability tests. The research design used in this study was an experimental design with a 2x2 factorial. In this study, the first independent variable consisted of two, namely the inquiry and conventional models. While the second independent variable (moderator variable) consists of high and low critical thinking skills and the dependent variable is science learning outcomes. The results showed that there was an effect of the inquiry learning model on the science learning outcomes of students at SMP Negeri 3 Tarutung of 0.004. There is an effect of critical thinking skills on students' science learning outcomes at SMP Negeri 3 Tarutung of 0.002. There is an interaction between learning models and critical thinking skills on student learning outcomes based on the results of the ANOVA test, the value of sig = 0.022 <sig.0.05. Thus, it can be concluded that there is an interaction between learning models and critical thinking skills in influencing student learning outcomes.

Analysis of Students Critical Thinking Skills of 5th Grade in Mathematics Learning

Critical thinking skills are skills that are needed in the face of rapid technological development. The level of critical thinking skills in mathematics learning needs to be researched to analyze the extent to which the culture of critical thinking skills has been carried out. This study aims to describe the level of critical thinking skills of 5th graders in mathematics learning. The type of research used is descriptive research with a qualitative approach. The subjects of this study were grade 5 students at SD Negeri 1 Miricinde, as many as 15 students. This study uses a written test in the form of a description question. The data obtained are then analyzed by correcting students' answers. Critical thinking skill instruments contain aspects of critical thinking skills developed by including aspects: providing explanations simply, determining the basis of decision making, concluding, providing further explanations, estimating and combining. The results of the data analysis obtained, 26.7% of students have low critical thinking skills, 46.7% of students have sufficient critical thinking skills, 20% of students have high critical thinking skills, and 6.7% of students have very high critical thinking skills. So it can be concluded that the 5th grade students of Miricinde State Elementary School 1 have a sufficient level of category critical thinking skills.

The Effect of Teacher Collaboration as the Embodiment of Teacher Leadership on Educational Management Students’ Critical Thinking Skills

<p style="text-align: justify;">The embodiment of teacher leadership has currently shifted onto the practice of teacher collaboration due to its potential to solve students’ problems such as low critical thinking skills. Accordingly, this study quantitatively aimed to examine the effect of teacher collaboration on educational management students’ critical thinking skills as well as their critical thinking retention. Subsequently, it qualitatively investigated the students’ perspectives on teacher collaboration. 60 students selected randomly took part in the experimentation, in which 30 students were taught with teacher collaboration, and other 30 students were taught with individual lecturing. 10 students taught with teacher collaboration were further selected purposively to be interviewed for the qualitative investigation. Descriptive statistics alongside paired and independent t-tests were deployed to analyze the experiment results, and an interactive model was adopted to analyze the qualitative findings. The experiment showed that teacher collaboration had a more positive and significant effect on students’ critical thinking skills than its counterpart did. The students taught with teacher collaboration enjoyed good retention of critical thinking skills as well. The students perceived that teacher collaboration improved their collaborative skills, awareness, and metacognitive skills in learning. Implication, limitation, and recommendation are discussed.</p>

Study of Critical Thinking Skills for Junior High School Students In the Era Industial Revolution 4.0

The background of the research is that skills are needed in accordance with the era of the industrial revolution 4.0, especially in the 21st century, namely critical thinking skills. For this reason, research is needed to determine the description of critical thinking skills. This research is a preliminary study that aims to describe the ability of critical thinking skills in learning science physics. Descriptive research method using google form. The research subjects were 33 students of SMP Negeri 59 Palembang. The results obtained are 25% of students are able to focus questions, 30% analyze questions, 32% consider reliable sources or not, 17% observe, consider observation reports, 39% do and consider deduction results, 38% do and consider induction results, 42% make and determine the value of judgment, 25% define, consider definitions, 21% identify assumptions, 44% determine actions, and 54% interact with others. The description of the critical thinking skills of junior high school students in the 4.0 industrial revolution era Physics science material is still in the low category, judging by the percentage of student responses. Suggestions for further research on efforts that can overcome the low critical thinking skills of junior high school students on Physics Science material.

Description of Critical Thinking Ability at XI IPA 1 Grade of SMAN 7 Padang in Solving Chemistry Problems on Reaction Rate Material

During learning process students tend to be passive and memorize with teacher’s explanations. This causes students’ critical thinking skills in finding solutions problems that do not develop optimally. Qualitative descriptive research aims to describe students’ critical thinking at XI IPA 1 grade of SMAN 7 Padang skills in solving chemistry problems on reaction rate material. The research sampling technique used purposive sampling in the XI IPA 1 grade with 38 students. The research data will be analyzed using the qualitative analysis technique of the Miles and Huberman (1984) model consists of data reduction, data display and verification. The research instruments are problem test with 5 questions referring to critical thinking indicators by Ennis (1996) including elementary clarification, basic support, inference, advanced clarification, strategies tactics and interviewing selected students. The results showed that RF subjects of students with high critical thinking skills 4 critical thinking indicators, such as elementary clarification, inference, advanced clarification, strategy and tactics. AM subjects with medium critical thinking skills fulfill 3 critical thinking indicators, elementary clarification, basic support, and inference. While the subject of AZ students with low critical thinking skills only fulfills 2 critical thinking indicators, constist of advanced clarification ,strategy and tactics.

Problem-Based Learning Strategies and Critical Thinking Skills Among Pre-Service Teachers

Mathematical underachievement among students was not only a source of concern in the Philippines, but has now spread throughout the world. Low critical thinking skill among Filipino students is one of the causes contributing to the country’s poor performance in mathematics. Students’ lack of critical thinking abilities may be due to teachers’ knowledge and expertise. To explore the critical thinking skills of pre-service teachers through the use of problem-based learning strategies is the main objective of the study. Quasi-experimental with a counterbalanced design was employed, presenting two problem-based learning strategies namely authentic strategy and non-linear strategy to two groups of teacher candidates. The results showed that students’ critical thinking skills in evaluating arguments and drawing conclusions are lacking. There is also a substantial difference in critical thinking skills between students in groups 1 and 2, except for the capacity to recognize assumptions. The pre-service teachers’ critical thinking skills do not differ significantly by sequence. The study results indicated that the pre-service teachers’ critical thinking skills were still low, particularly in terms of evaluating arguments and drawing conclusions due to inadequate background knowledge and lack of in-depth understanding of the mathematics concepts. The results imply that schools focus more on building strategies to improve and develop students’ critical thinking skills in mathematics education. Moreover, the study suggests that further research develop successful techniques for planning effective initiatives to increase critical thinking teaching and learning in higher education and training programs that could help improve the students’ critical thinking skills.

Developing the guided inquiry-based module on the circulatory system to improve student's critical thinking skills

The limitations of inquiry-based teaching modules impact the low critical thinking skills of students. The research objective is to develop an inquiry-based module to improve students' critical thinking skills. This development research uses the Borg and Gall model in designing and testing the module. The development was carried out in February - November 2020 at Batik Senior High School 1 of Surakarta, Central Java. The subjects of this study were students of class XI-Science Batik Senior High School 1 of Surakarta. The assessment of the feasibility and effectiveness of the module uses a validation instrument by linguists, material experts, and learning experts. Assessment of students' critical thinking skills using HOTS questions. The effectiveness of the module was tested using the Z test. The results concluded that the module was feasible to use in learning with a feasibility score of 3.83 (linguistic aspect), 3.92 (material aspect), and 3.80 (learning aspect). Furthermore, this module effectively improves students' critical thinking skills as indicated by the results of the Z test (α<0.05). This study recommends the development of inquiry-based modules in improving students' critical thinking skills.

LITERASI DAN NUMERASI PEMBELAJARAN MATEMATIKA BERBASIS MASALAH UNTUK MENGEMBANGKAN KEMAMPUAN BERFIKIR KRITIS DAN KREATIF SISWA

The purpose of this research is to strengthen the literacy and numeracy of students in problem-based learning so that they can develop their ability to think critically and creatively. Based on the experience of the writer who teaches at SMP N 1 Gresik class VIII D the ability of students to read and understand implied information and interpret meaning in mathematical problems both in writing and in infographics (literacy) is still lacking, this also results in mathematical abilities related to identify what is known, what is asked, formulate, use concepts, procedures, and mathematical tools (Numerations) which are used to solve problems are also low which results in low critical and creative thinking skills in solving mathematical problems. To overcome these problems, the researchers tried to strengthen Literacy and Numeracy in Problem-Based Learning to Develop Critical and Creative Thinking Skills for Class VIIID SMPN 1 Gresik on the Topic System of Two Variable Linear Equations (SPLDV). This study uses a descriptive method with a qualitative approach. The results of this study indicate an increase in the critical and creative thinking skills of Class VIIID SMPN 1 Gresik students on the SPLDV topic as measured by using critical and creative thinking indicators