The Influence of Problem-Based Learning Model Assisted by PhET Media on Critical Thinking Skills and Physics Learning Outcomes of High School Students

Nisrina Marliani (Universitas Mataram)
Aris Doyan (Universitas Mataram)
Muhammad Taufik (Universitas Mataram)

Jurnal Penelitian Pendidikan IPA (JPPIPA)
Vol 10 No 9 (2024): September

This study aims to test the effect of problem-based learning model assisted by PhET media on critical thinking skills and physics learning outcomes of high school students. The type of research used is a Quasi experiment twith a pretest posttest control group design. The population in this study were all students of class XI of SMA Negeri 5 Mataram. The research sample used class XI 3 as many as 32 people as the experimental class and class XI 2 as many as 32 people as the control class. The experimental class was given treatment using a problem-based learning model assisted by PhET media and the control class used a conventional model. The test instrument used 5 descriptive questions to measure critical thinking skills and 6 questions to measure students' physics learning outcomes. The hypothesis test used in this study was the manova test. The results of the hypothesis test showed a significance value of 0.007 less than 0.05, so H_0 was rejected and H_a was accepted. Based on these results, it was concluded that there was an effect of the problem-based learning model assisted by PhET media on critical thinking skills and physics learning outcomes of high school students.