Jurnal Pendidikan Progresif
Vol 12, No 2 (2022): Jurnal Pendidikan Progresif

Brainstorming as an Effective Learning Strategy to Promote Students’ Critical Thinking Skills

Ida Ayu Made Sri Widiastuti (Universitas Mahasaraswati Denpasar)
Ni Made Wersi Murtini (Universitas Mahasaraswati Denpasar)
Ruli Anto (Universitas Mahasaraswati Denpasar)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Apr 2025

Abstract

Students’ critical thinking skill is vividly crucial to be developed to enable students to solve various problems in nowadays life. Objectives: This study investigates the brainstorming strategy employed by teachers in the classroom to enhance students’ critical thinking skills. Methods: This study employed a qualitative research approach conducted in a senior high school consisting of 30 teachers and 4 teachers were selected as the research participants. The data were collected by conducting semi-structured interviews and classroom observations. The data were analyzed descriptively to establish valid and reliable findings. Findings: This study found that teachers intensively used the brainstorming method in enhancing students’ critical thinking skills by asking various challenging questions to arouse students’ critical skills. Conclusions: the Findings of this study revealed the importance of conducting brainstorming strategies during the learning activities. Moreover, this study implies teachers should utilize the brainstorming method more intensively to develop students’ critical thinking skills. Keywords: brainstorming, strategy, teachers, promote, critical, skill.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23960/jpp.v12.i2.202243

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Journal Info

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jpp

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Subject

Education

Description

urnal Pendidikan Progresif is an academic journal that published all the studies in the areas of education, learning, teaching, curriculum development, learning environments, teacher education, educational technology, educational developments from various types of research such as surveys, research ...