Improving students’ communication skills and critical thinking ability with ICT-oriented problem-based learning and the assessment instruments with HOTS criteria on the immune system material

Abstract

This study aims to facilitate high school students’ communication skills and critical thinking ability with ICT-oriented problem-based online learning and assessment instrument with HOTS criteria. This research approach is pre-experimental, with the one group pre-test- post-test design. This study involved 36 students of XI MIPA 4 and biology teacher at a high school in Jepara, Indonesia. The number of samples determined using the purposive sampling technique. The data collected includes data on students’ critical thinking skills, students’ communication skills, implementation of the learning process, teacher and student response data regarding teaching materials, and the learning process. Data of critical thinking skills were analyzed using the n-gain test. Other data were analyzed descriptively qualitatively. The results showed that students achieved a critical thinking skill level with N-Gain 0.31 (medium category) and communication skills 83.00 (very good category). The average score of the implementation of the learning process is in a good category, meaning that all syntax is carried out well. Teachers and students consider that ICT-based teaching materials are quite practical to use. According to them, the learning process is in a good category (positive). Conclusion: students’ critical thinking skills and communication skills can be facilitated through online learning with ICT-oriented PBL approach teaching materials and ICT-oriented HOTS assessment instruments.

Structural model of information and communication technology and 21st-century skills in vocational school students

“…The findings suggest that the media encourages students' critical thinking. In addition, another study conducted by Isnaeni et al (2021) also examines the effects of the ICT-oriented model on students' critical thinking. The result is consistent with previous research, which indicates that the use of ICT may promote the critical thinking of the students.…”

“…The result is consistent with previous research, which indicates that the use of ICT may promote the critical thinking of the students. Research by Isnaeni et al (2021) also measures the ICT effect on students' communication skills. The result shows that the ICT-oriented model increases students' communication skills.…”

“…The skills include communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and creativity skills. The preparations are in the form of a curriculum (Erstad & Voogt, 2018), programs (McMahon, 2009), learning model (Isnaeni et al, 2021), or media (Mahande & Malago, 2021;Stolaki & Economides, 2018). The preparations, however, should be done using ICT.…”

“…Prior research has been conducted to investigate the relationship between ICT and critical thinking skills (González-González & Jiménez-Zarco, 2015;McMahon, 2009), ICT and communication skills (Isnaeni et al, 2021;José Sá & Serpa, 2018;Judge et al, 2011;María A et al, 2018), ICT and collaboration skills (Blau et al, 2020;Dewi & Muhid, 2021;Gellerstedt et al, 2018), and between ICT and creativity (Henriksen et al, 2018;Nikolopoulou, 2018;Stolaki & Economides, 2018). However, this prior research examined the relationship between ICT skills and a particular part of 4C skills.…”

Implementasi Problem Based Learning pada Pembelajaran Pendidikan Kewarganegaraan untuk Penanaman Karakter Peserta Didik Sekolah Dasar

“…Disini guru membimbing peserta didik untuk mengumpulkan berbagai informasi yang berkaitan dengan topik pembelajaran yang sedang di cari solusi serta pemecahan masalahnya. 4) hasil analisis peserta didik dipersentasikan di depan kelas guna penguatan karakter toleransi terhadap perbedaan hasil dari gagasan tiap-tiap kelompok, 5) guru membantu peserta didik dalam melakukan evaluasi penyelidikan guna membantu para peserta didik untuk melakukan refleksi tehadap hasil gagasannya (Effendi & Hendriyani, 2019;Isnaeni et al, 2021).…”