RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT JOURNAL OF EDUCATION (RDJE)
Vol 11, No 1 (2025)

CRITICAL THINKING ANALYSIS OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Rambe, Aswiyanti Ami Yanda (Universitas Labuhanbtu)
Chastanti, Ika (Universitas Labuhanbatu)
Sari, Novi Fitriandika (Universitas Labuhanbatu)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Apr 2025

Abstract

Critical thinking skills are crucial in 21st-century education, which is filled with various challenges. This research uses a combination of quantitative and descriptive approaches. Its aim is to examine and compare students' analytical thinking capabilities at the secondary school level specializing in Social Sciences with those studying Mathematics and Science Data is gathered through observations and surveys that cover several. The research results revealed that students in Social Sciences major have much better critical thinking skills compared to students in the Mathematics and Science majors. Students in the Social Sciences major were also better at evaluating and making critical decisions, but students in the Mathematics and Science majors were worse at analytical thinking. These findings indicate that the curriculum and teaching methods in Compared to the Mathematics and Natural Sciences majors, The Social Sciences major promotes Strengthening critical thinking skills is very important. It is recommended that the MIPA study program update its teaching approach with more emphasis on developing evaluation and critical thinking skills.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

RDJE

Publisher

Subject

Education Mathematics Other

Description

RDJE: Research and Development Journal of Education (ISSN 2657-1056 for the electronic version and ISSN 2406-9744 for the print version) first published in Oct 2014 is a double-blind peer-reviewed scientific open access journal. The journal is dedicated to publishing articles concerned with ...