Elementary Clarification Analysis (Critical Thinking Skill) Elementary School Students Based on Grade and Learning Method

Abstract

It is important for students to have critical thinking skills, but data regarding the critical thinking skills of elementary school students are still lacking. The purpose of the study was to analyze elementary clarification skills on critical thinking skills of elementary school students in learning science. This research is based on grade level and teaching method. This research is a survey research on 226 fourth to sixth grade students from seven elementary schools. The research instrument used a questionnaire. The data analysis technique used descriptive quantitative analysis and multiple linear regression test. The results showed that elementary school students were able to apply elementary clarification critical thinking skills in science learning, but students' ability to focus on a problem still needed to be improved. Based on the grade of the students, it is known that the critical thinking skills of elementary clarification students in higher grades get better grades. The conclusion that the learning model had an effect on critical thinking skills in elementary clarification. The learning method to train critical thinking (problem-based) is able to improve students' critical thinking skills.

Culture-Based Discovery Learning and its Impact on Mathematical Critical Thinking Skills

“…This research is relevant to the findings of previous studies that several factors influence the development of critical thinking skills such as educational factors, student background, personal factors, student parenting factors, and the learning method factor applied by the teacher. The learning method applied by the teacher in the classroom will influence the development of critical thinking skills (Elshami et al, 2021;Kumala et al, 2022). The practice of learning through the discovery learning model which provides maximum opportunities for students to seek information and knowledge will improve critical thinking skills in mathematics (Pallant, 2016;Sutoyo & Priantari, 2018).…”

“…Students' critical thinking abilities in several regions in Indonesia such as Purwokerto (Rubiyanti et al, 2020), Yogyakarta (Purwaningsih & Wangid, 2021), Malang and Surabaya (Kumala et al, 2022) are still relatively low. The low critical thinking skills of students are caused by the learning process in class so far has not involved students optimally to construct their knowledge (Munawwarah et al, 2020;Yusuf et al, 2022).…”

“…Critical thinking skills also refer to the process of assessing, evaluating, and drawing conclusions both deductively and inductively. The core components of critical thinking skills include interpretation, analysis, inference, evaluation, explanation, and selfregulation abilities (Facione, 2013;Kumala et al, 2022).…”