Improving the critical thinking skills of junior high school students on Earth and Space Science (ESS) materials

Marlina, Leni and Liliasari, Liliasari and Tjasyono, Tjasyono and Hendayana, Hendayana (2018) Improving the critical thinking skills of junior high school students on Earth and Space Science (ESS) materials. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1013 (012063). pp. 1-7.

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Abstract

Critical thinking skills need to be developed in students. With critical thinking skills, students will be able to understand the concept with more depth easily, be sensitive with problems that occur, understand and solve problems that occur in their surroundings, and apply the concepts in different situations. Earth and Space Science (ESS) material is part of the science subjects given from elementary school to college. This research is a test of research program with quantitative method. This study aims to investigate the improvement of critical thinking skills of students through training of science teachers in junior high school in designing learning media for teaching ESS. With samples of 24 science teachers and 32 students of grade 7th in junior high school which are chosen by purposive sampling in a school in Ogan Ilir District, South Sumatra, obtained average pre-test and post-test scores of students' critical thinking skills are 52.26 and 67.06 with an average N-gain of 0.31. A survey and critical thinking skills based-test were conducted to get the data. The results show positive impact and an increase in students' critical thinking skills on the ESS material.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	L Education > L Education (General) > L7-991 Education (General)
Divisions:	06-Faculty of Education and Educational Science > 84103-Physics Education (S2)
Depositing User:	Leni Marlina
Date Deposited:	07 May 2023 23:16
Last Modified:	07 May 2023 23:16
URI:	http://repository.unsri.ac.id/id/eprint/100579

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