Examining the relationship between students’ motivation and critical thinking skills in learning torque and static equilibrium.

Abstract

This study designed to determine the motivation components that most motivated students in learning torque and static equilibrium and the relationship of the motivation with students’ critical thinking skills on Torque and Static Equilibrium subject. The research was conduct in Senior High Scholl Laboratory State University of Malang. This study used correlational research design and using the Physics Motivation Questionnaire II (PMQ II) and Torque and Static Equilibrium Critical Thinking test as Instrument. The analysis showed that students have a weak motivation level in learning torque and statistic equilibrium. Grade motivation found to be the most motivating for students. The least motivated for students is Career Motivation. Researcher found that critical thinking skills correlate significantly with intrinsic motivation, grade motivation, and self-efficacy, but the relationship between critical thinking skills with self-determination and career motivation were not significant. However, the overall motivation has a significant correlation with students’ critical thinking skills.

Academic motivation as a predictor of the development of critical thinking in students

“…They suggest that critical thinking exercises in academic courses or individual courses focusing on this skill will also increase academic motivation. Similar results have already been obtained by empirical and some practical research (Andriani et al , 2020; Paryanti, 2017; Ross et al , 2016).…”

“…According to the results of our research, these three types of motivation are: cognitive motivation, achievement motivation and self-development motivation. According to previous research, self-esteem motivation may not have a direct correlation and may not be a predictor of critical thinking (Andriani et al , 2020; Kezer et al , 2016).…”

“…Existing research on the relationship between student motivation and critical thinking ability has demonstrated that some types of motivation such as intrinsic motivation, grade motivation, and self-efficacy are more closely related to critical thinking (Andriani et al , 2020). More closely related types of motivation are more often and systematically associated with developed critical thinking.…”

Thematic Analysis of Indonesian Physics Education Research Literature Using Machine Learning

“…The research questions studied under the 21st century skill topic are predominantly made up of several categories: technological developments for physics learning and laboratory reforms in promoting 21st century skill [92,[129][130][131][132][133][134][135][136][137][138][139][140], small-to large-scale survey in evaluating physics learner performance on this skill [89,90,141,142], correlational study toward another form of students' performance [143][144][145], and designing measurement tools to probe this skill on physics learning and instruction [146][147][148][149][150]. One could consider that this vast amount of literature is closely connected with other topics discussed below.…”

“…Nevertheless, we argue that the uniqueness of the current topic is underlined by the focused aims to address the modern idea of 21st century learning. It promotes 21st learner skills including creative thinking [92,[137][138][139]143,144,146,150], critical thinking [89,131,134,142,143,[145][146][147][148]150,151], collaborative problem solving [130], data literacy [132,133,135,136], and digital literacy [90,152]. Moreover, Indonesian PER scholars are also attracted to approaches beyond high school physics instruction.…”