Penelitian dilatar belakangi adanya keterampilan berpikir kritis yang rendah pada pembelajaran pandemic Covid 19. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui peningkatan keterampilan berpikir kritis pada pembelajaran IPA melalui model pembelajaran Discovery Learning pada peserta didik kelas 4 SD Negeri Karangduren 01. Penerapan model pembelajaran ini terdapat 6 langkah pembelajaran yaitu stimulus (stimulation), identifikasi masalah (problem statement), pengumpulan data (data collecting), pengolahan data (data processing), verifikasi (verification), generalisasi (generalization). Penelitian ini merupakan jenis penelitian tindakan kelas (PTK). Penelitian dilaksanakan pada Semester 2 Tahun Ajaran 2020/2021 melewati 2 siklus yang dimulai bulan Februari sampai dengan bulan Maret 2021 dengan subjek penelitian peserta didik kelas 4 SD Negeri Karangduren 01 sebanyak 36 siswa. Teknik pengumpulan data dalam penelitian ini adalah non tes berupa observasi dan tes berupa pemberian soal evaluasi dengan teknik analisis data secara kuantitatif dan kualitatif. Berdasarkan penelitian, didapatkan meningkatnya data rata-rata keterampilan berpikir kritis peserta didik dari kondisi awal (pra siklus) yaitu 50,8 dengan kategori rendah menjadi 58,6 dengan kategori tinggi dan meningkat pada siklus II menjadi 84,2 dengan kategori sangat tinggi. Dengan demikian, ditarik simpulan melalui model pembelajaran Discovery Learning dapat meningkatkan keterampilan berpikir kritis pada pembelajaran IPA melalui pada peserta didik kelas 4 SD Negeri Karangduren 01 Semester 2 Tahun Ajaran 2020/2021.

This study aims to improve communication skills and learning outcomes of Civics in Grade 6 students of SDN Dukuh 03 Salatiga with the application of the Talking Stick assisted h slideshow. This type of research is classroom action research. The location (setting) in this study is grade 6 SDN Dukuh 03 Salatiga. The subjects of the study were 28 students in 6th grade. The object of this research is communication skills and Civics learning outcomes. This research was carried out in 2 cycles. This study was declared successful if the average achievement of indicators of communication skills and classical completeness of student learning outcomes in the good category (60% -75%), very good (76% -99%), or special (100%). The results of the study show that the implementation of the slideshow-assisted Talking Stick in the Civics learning process can improve communication skills and Civics learning outcomes. The communication skills have increased by 23.8% from pre-cycle to cycle 1 meeting 1. Cycle 1 meeting 2 increased 8.34% from cycle 1 meeting 1. Students' communication skills increased from cycle 1 meeting 2 to cycle 2 meeting 1 by 6.75%. Increased again by 7.93% from cycle 2 meeting 1 to cycle 2 meeting 2. Increased student communication skills proved to be able to improve student learning outcomes in Civics learning. In the pre cycle, only 13 students (46.43%) were completed, the remaining 15 students (53.57%) were not completed. In cycle 1, there were 16 students (57.14%) completed, while 12 students (42.86%) were not completed. After the cycle 2 action was carried out, as many as 22 students (78.57%) were completed and 6 students (21.43%) were not completed.

<p class="Abstrak"><strong>Abstract:</strong> This study aims to describe the existing HOTS learning training, its strengths and weaknesses, and to develop a HOTS learning inductive training model for elementary school teachers. This research method is R&amp;D. The research results reveal: (1) teacher training on HOTS so far has only focused on preparing HOTS questions, (2) training so far has not answered the needs of elementary school teachers both in terms of material and self-development. Strengths all primary schools, both public and private, have teacher representatives who have received training on HOTS topics, and (3) creation of HOTS Hugging Model for Elementary School Teachers who have advantages over existing training models. The conclusion is that the training model product falls into the very good criteria after being validated by 3 experts. The test results are in the good category.</p><strong>Abstrak:</strong> Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan pelatihan pembelajaran HOTS yang ada selama ini, kelemahan dan kelebihannya, serta mengembangkan model pelatihan induktif pembelajaran HOTS bagi guru SD. Metode penelitian ini adalah R&amp;D. Hasil penelitian mengungkap (1) pelatihan guru tentang HOTS selama ini hanya berfokus pada penyusunan soal HOTS, (2) pelatihan selama ini belum menjawab kebutuhan guru SD baik dari segi materi maupun segi pengembangan diri. Kelebihan, semua SD baik negeri maupun swasta, sudah ada perwakilan guru yang mendapatkan pelatihan dengan topik HOTS, (3) terciptanya Model Pelukan HOTS bagi guru SD yang memiliki keunggulan dibandingkan dengan model pelatihan yang sudah ada. Kesimpulan produk model pelatihan masuk pada kriteria sangat baik setelah divalidasi oleh tiga pakar. Hasil ujicoba produk pada kategori baik.