Improving Junior High Schools’ Critical Thinking Skills Based on Test Three Different Models of Learning

The aims of this study were (1) to find out the differences in critical thinking skills among students who were given three different learning models: differentiated science inquiry combined with mind map, differentiated science inquiry model, and conventional model, (2) to find out the differences...

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Published in:International Journal of Instruction Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 101 - 116
Main Authors: Fuad, Nur Miftahul, Zubaidah, Siti, Mahanal, Susriyati, Suarsini, Endang
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: International Journal of Instruction 01.01.2017
Subjects:
Active Learning
Cognitive Mapping
Conventional Instruction
Critical Thinking
Differences
Foreign Countries
Gender Differences
Grade 7
Individualized Instruction
Inquiry
Junior High School Students
Pretests Posttests
Quasiexperimental Design
Science Instruction
Statistical Analysis
Thinking Skills
Indonesia
ISSN:1694-609X, 1308-1470
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Summary:The aims of this study were (1) to find out the differences in critical thinking skills among students who were given three different learning models: differentiated science inquiry combined with mind map, differentiated science inquiry model, and conventional model, (2) to find out the differences of critical thinking skills among male and female students. This study is a quasi-experimental research with pretest-posttest nonequivalent control group design. The population in this research is the seventh grade students of junior high schools in Kediri, Indonesia. The sample of the research is in the number of 96 students distributed in three classes at different schools. The data of critical thinking skills are gained from test scores and then analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics through ANCOVA. The results of research revealed that there are different skills in critical thinking in different models. The highest skills in critical thinking are reached by students who were given differentiated science inquiry model combined with mind map in their learning. There are also differences in critical thinking skills between male and female students.
ISSN:1694-609X
1308-1470
DOI:10.12973/iji.2017.1017a