Asian Journal of Science Education
Vol 3, No 1: April, 2021

Enhancing Students’ Critical Thinking Skills through Problem Based Learning Integrated with Mindmapping

Soleh Ritonga (Universitas Syiah Kuala)
Kharina Areeisty (Universitas Syiah Kuala)
Zulkarnaini Zulkarnaini (STIKes Darussalam)



Article Info

Publish Date
12 Apr 2021

Abstract

The critical thinking skills of class 10th from senior high school Banda Aceh students have not been trained in the learning process, students are not given the opportunity to analyze a problem, identify, conclude or come up with new ideas or an action on a problem. In fact, research shows that the learning process of biology in schools does not encourage students to think critically, thus affecting low learning outcomes. The research objective was to determine the increase in critical thinking skills in class 10th skills on the concept of environmental pollution and knowing the differences in critical thinking skills of class 10th students on the concept of environmental pollution in the experimental and control class. Data were collected from March to April 2019. The approach of this research is to use a quantitative, evaluation research type, the method used is quasi-experimental, with a factorial design group pre-test post-test. The sample in this study amounted to 253 students from two high schools in Banda Aceh. Essay questions are used to measure students' critical thinking skills. The data analysis used ANCOVA at a significant level of 0.05. Hypothesis test results show the value of ρ α, 0.00 0.05. The conclusion of this study is that the application of the PBL integrated with the mindmap can improve students' critical thinking skills. There are differences in students' critical thinking skills using integrated mindmapping PBL, PBL, mindmapping, and conventional.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

AJSE

Publisher

Subject

Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology Chemistry Mathematics Physics

Description

The Asian Journal of Science Education (AJSE) is a scientific publication in the field of Science published by the Department of Physical Education which is directly under the Universitas Syiah Kuala. The basic for publishing this journal is to maintain the existence of higher education institutions ...