Classification of critical thinking in mathematics using particle swarm optimization based neural network algorithms

Abstract

Critical thinking in mathematics can be defined as the processes and abilities used to understand concepts, apply, synthesize and evaluate the information generated. Critical thinking in mathematics is a skill for higher order thinking. It is understood that logical thought plays a part in spiritual growth, social progress, behavioral growth, cognitive development and science progress. This study aims to classify critical thinking skills. The method used to determine the classification of critical thinking skills is to use the Neural Network algorithm. A method which has the potential to classify structured data is the neural network. In this study, a neural network algorithm model was developed. A technology that has the potential to identify structured data is the neural network. In this study, a neural network algorithm model was created. With this neural network model, it can be seen the classification of critical thinking skills. The amount of data used as data in this analysis was 150 in the form of school data and as many as 40 measures were measured in the form of math scores. On the basis of the research results, it was found that the neural network model based on Particle Swarm Optimization achieved an accuracy value of up to 93.33 percent with a 2 percent variance, tested using the k-cross-validation method.

Critical thinking in mathematics education: A bibliometric analysis

“…Critical thinking in mathematics, the goal could be to learn how to determine the most efficient and effective method to solve problems includes building mathematical ideas through explaining, questioning, and organizing, using mathematical understanding to generate new ideas, providing reasons or judgments, and performing ways to solve mathematical problems (Anderson & Krathwohl, 2001;and Permani & Prabawanto, 2020;Salwah et al, 2020). Mathematical critical thinking can be defined as the processes and abilities used to understand mathematical concepts, apply them, synthesize information, and evaluate the generated information (Purnamasari et al, 2021). Mathematical critical thinking skills include the ability to reason and provide clarity in mathematical statements (Rojas & Benakli, 2020).…”