The profile of Critical Thinking Skills Students on Science Learning
Yestri Hidayati, Parlindungan Sinaga
Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
yestrihidayati[at]upi.edu
Abstract
Critical thinking skills are an important and necessary skill to confront the challenges in the 21st century. Critical thinking skills 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 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 study were 30 eighth grade students of junior high schools in Bandung who were selected using a 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 the very low category. The conclusion from this skill of the students still was in low category, so that needed a way to enhance on indicators of students- critical thinking skills.
Keywords: critical thinking skills; science learning
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