Analysis of Critical Thinking Skills Among Seventh Grade Students in the Solar System Topic through 5E Learning Cycle Model

Abstract

Critical thinking is the result of reflective thinking, logical and focused on making decisions about an issue. The importance of critical thinking skills is evidenced by the incision between critical thinking indicators and competency targets in Permendikbud No. 21 of 2006. Critical thinking can be honed with Learning Cycle 5E with a constructivist approach that facilitates students to observe and research according to learning objectives. This type of research is the Mix Methods which aims to determine the effect of the 5E Learning Cycle in improving students' critical thinking on the material of the solar system. The study was conducted at Junior High School 1 Karangploso with class VII I samples determined through purposive sampling. The research instrument was developed by Radhiallah (2018) in the form of 28 items with 7 indicators of critical thinking. The results showed that: (1) learning the solar system by applying the Learning Cycle 5E model had an average percentage of 90.2% (very good) learning performance and (2) an increase in the critical thinking of Class VII I students on solar system material had an average of average d-effect of 3.42 (very high), so it can be concluded that students' critical thinking skills have increased significantly.

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