scholarly journals The Practicality of Macromedia Flash-Based Learning Media to Improve Students Critical Thinking Skills Senior High School Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 83
Author(s):  
Hairullah Aminudin ◽  
Mochamad Arief Soendjoto ◽  
Atiek Winarti
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
School Students ◽  
Student Responses ◽  
Senior High School Students

Interactive learning resources contribute to the success of the learning process and students' critical thinking skills but have not been developed equally in every subject. This study aims to obtain the practicality of Macromedia Flash in improving the critical thinking skills of Kurau 1 State Senior High School students. This type of research is a Tessmer formative test with research subjects of 30 students of Kurau 1 State Senior High School. The research data were analyzed descriptively, practicality data included the use of instructional media and student responses, showing that Macromedia Flash was developed practical for used in learning and could improve the critical thinking skills of senior high school students.AbstrakSumber belajar interaktif memberikan kontribusi terhadap kesuksesan proses pembelajaran dan kemampuan berpikir kritis siswa, akan tetapi belum dikembangkan secara merata pada setiap mata pelajaran. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendapatkan kepraktisan Macromedia Flash dalam meningkatkan keterampilan berpikir kritis siswa SMAN 1 Kurau. Jenis penelitian yang digunakan adalah uji formatif Tessmer dengan subjek penelitian 30 siswa SMAN 1 Kurau. Data penelitian dianalisa secara diskriptif, data kepraktisan meliputi keterlaksanaan penggunaan media pembelajaran dan respon siswa, menunjukkan bahwa Macromedia Flash yang dikembangkan praktis untuk digunakan dalam pembelajaran serta dapat meningkatkan kemampuan berpikir kritis siswa SMA.

scholarly journals The Effectiveness of Predict Observe Explain (POE) Model with PhET to Improve Critical Thinking Skills of Senior High School Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 76-85
Author(s):  
Ilfi Fatimah Alfiyanti ◽  
Budi Jatmiko ◽  
Wasis
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
School Students ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Senior High School Students

This study is aimed to determine the effectiveness of predict observe explain (POE) model with PhET to improve  critical thinking skills of senior high school students. The sample used was the grade eleven students of SMA N 18 Surabaya consist of 60 students. This type of research was pre-experimental with one group pre-test post-test design. Research data is obtained from the result of pre-test and post-test of  students' critical thinking skills and responses after learning activity. Data analysis techniques used N-gain and Wilcoxon test. The result of the study shows that the score of students' critical thinking skills in grade eleven of Group 1 and Group 2 increase after the implementation of predict observe explain (POE) learning model with PhET and both of them present positive responses to the learning component and show a good interest. Based on the data analysis result, it can be concluded that predict observe explain (POE) model with PhET is effective to use to improve the critical thinking skills of senior high school students.

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