COMPTON: Jurnal Ilmiah Pendidikan Fisika
Vol 11 No 2 (2024): Compton: Jurnal Ilmiah Pendidikan Fisika

Exploring junior high school students' critical thinking skills in physics learning problem solving: evidence from work and energy

Lubis, Nur Azizah (Unknown)
Erlangga, Sony Yunior (Unknown)
Yektyastuti, Resty (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
06 Sep 2025

Abstract

This study examines to identify and compare the stages of students reasoning during the learning process, and to understand the role of teacher facilitator in shaping students critical thinking development. The research was conducted using a qualitative descriptive approach through observations, interviews, and document analysis. Data were coded following the Saldana model to generate categories and themes of students reasoning. The findings indivate a gradual development of students thinking. In the early cycle, students mainly focused on identifying problems and making simple interpretations, while in the following cycle they began to demonstrate analysis, evaluation, and more structured conclusions. Teacher facilitation and group collaboration were found to play an important role in supporting this process. Overall, the study highlights that problem solving based physics learning fosters the growth of comprehensive reasoning abilities and strengthens students learning independence. These results contribute to the improvement of instructional practices that emphasize higher order competencies needed in the 21st century.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

COMPTON

Publisher

Subject

Education Physics

Description

The journal reports significant new findings related to physics and education physics, including: learning media development, learning methods development, learning methods implementation and several application of ...