Kajian Pendidikan Dasar (KAPEDAS)
Vol. 5 No. 2 (2026): September

Pengaruh Model Problem Based Learning (PBL) Berbantuan Media Flashcard Terhadap Kemampuan Berpikir Kritis Dan Menulis Teks Deskripsi Siswa Kelas IV Di Sekolah Dasar

Wini Rizki Utami (Magister Pendidikan Dasar, FKIP, Universitas Bengkulu, Indonesia)
Abdul Muktadir (Magister Pendidikan Dasar, FKIP, Universitas Bengkulu, Indonesia)
Endang Widi Winarni (Magister Pendidikan Dasar, FKIP, Universitas Bengkulu, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Sep 2026

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of the flashcard-assisted PBL on critical thinking, improve descriptive text writing, and the correlation between the two in fourth-grade elementary school students. Quantitative were obtained through written tests, observations, and documentation. The type of used  quantitative data using instruments in the form of written tests, observations, and documentation. he results showed a significant increase in critical thinking in the experimental class (66%) compared to the control class (57%). The flashcard-assisted PBL also improved students' descriptive text writing ability, seen from 5 aspects of descriptive writing. The Spearman rank correlation test showed a significant correlation between critical thinking and descriptive text writing (sig. 0.015 > 0.05). The higher the critical thinking ability, the higher the descriptive writing ability. These results indicate that the flashcard-assisted PBL model is effective in improving critical thinking and descriptive writing abilities of fourth-grade elementary school students.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

kapedas

Publisher

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Mathematics

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