Development and Validation of Critical Thinking Skills Instruments of Physics Subjects
Khaeruddin (a), Bunga Dara Amin (a)
a) Department of Physics Education, Faculty of Math. and Natural Science, Universitas Negeri Makassar, Indonesia
Abstract
The Indonesian curriculum explicitly states that critical thinking skills as Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) and future competencies must be taught to students to answer the challenges of globalization and be able to adapt to changes and respond to the demands of the 21st century. Therefore, this paper explains the development and validation of instruments of critical thinking skills to assess the ability to interpret, the ability to analyze and the ability to infer students. Specifically, critical thinking skills tests are designed based on the basic competencies of senior high school physics subjects in the form of essays that are equipped with an assessment rubric. Evidence of content validity, construct validity, and reliability is presented as the reliability of the critical thinking test instrument.
Keywords: Critical thinking skills, instrument development, validation.
Topic: Physics Education