Assessing the Critical Thinking Ability of Junior High School Students in Makassar and Gowa in South Sulawesi

The research was based on concerns about the development of mathematical critical thinking and mathematical communication ability. The purpose of this study was review and compare the differences of enhancing mathematical critical thinking ability between junior high school students who acquire Model of Search, Solve and Share (SSCS) through hypnoteaching method and those who acquire the conventional learning. This study was a quasi-experimental research with non-equivalent control group design consists of classroom experiments which obtain Model of Search, Solve and Share (SSCS) through hypnoteaching method and control class which obtain conventional learning. The population of this study is junior high school students in Tangerang, where the samples are the grade 8th students in one of the state junior high school in Tangerang. Instruments used to collect data in this research consists of mathematical critical thinking test instruments, student’s attitude scale, and observation sheets. The data obtained is analyzed using the mean difference test, which are the t-test, Mann-Whitney, and Rank-Spearman test. The results showed that the enhancement student’s mathematical critical thinking ability who gotten model os Search, Solve, Create, and Share (SSCS) through hypnoteaching method is better than who gotten conventional learning.

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ANALISIS KEMAMPUAN BEPIKIR KRITIS MATEMATIK SISWA SMP DI KABUPATEN BANDUNG BARAT

JPMI (Jurnal Pembelajaran Matematika Inovatif) ◽

10.22460/jpmi.v1i4.p673-678 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 1 (4) ◽

pp. 673

Author(s):

Nina Lestari ◽

Riki Andriansyah ◽

Dinar Nur Azizah ◽

Sopian Lukman ◽

Wahyu Hidayat

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Critical Thinking ◽

Junior High School ◽

Junior High ◽

Thinking Skills ◽

Critical Thinking Skills ◽

Junior High School Students ◽

School Students ◽

Thinking Ability

The ability to think critically is one of the highest levels of ability. Developing critical thinking skills in students is still considered important to be improved in schools so that students are able and accustomed to facing various problems around it. This study aims to analyze the critical thinking skills of junior high school students who are in excellent classes and regular classes. This research was conducted in Bandung Barat. In this study students are given a test in the form of questions with critical thinking skills, the problem is used to compare between the superior class and ordinary class. Assessment of the problem using several factors of critical ability include 1) students can not understand the problem correctly, 2) students rush in doing the problem, 3) the students cannot choose the problem-solving strategy correctly and 4) the students work on the problem systematically. Then the matter of critical thinking skills of mathematics is analyzed using quasi-experimental research method to analyze students' critical thinking ability that influence learning result. This study shows the differences in critical thinking ability of junior high school students who are in excellent class and ordinary class. This study shows that superior classes are better in mathematical critical thinking ability than a regular class. The results of this study can add knowledge about critical thinking mathematics junior high school students who are in the class and ordinary class and used to facilitate for educational practitioners in the development of critical mathematical thinking skills.

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