Developing a Critical Thinking Test in Social Science for Grade V Elementary School

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10.2991/assehr.k.220129.040How to use a DOI?

Keywords

assessment; critical thinking; elementary school; social sciences; test development

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to describe the quality of a developed critical thinking assessment instrument in Social Sciences for Grade V elementary school. The research population was the grade V students of state elementary schools which have already implemented the 2013 Curriculum in Yogyakarta city with a sample size of 218 students. The analysis was done by using the item response theory approach through BILOG-MG 3.0 software program. The critical thinking test instrument in social sciences for grade V consists of 30 multiple-choice questions. The critical thinking test instrument has 30 items fitting with the 2 PL model (p > 0.05). The average difficulty level of the items is −0.71 while the average of the discrimination index is 0.52. This test provides information on the maximum of 6.09 and its smallest error of measurement is 0.40.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Kurniawati
AU  - Edi Istiyono
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/01/31
TI  - Developing a Critical Thinking Test in Social Science for Grade V Elementary School
BT  - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Current Issues in Education (ICCIE 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 220
EP  - 225
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220129.040
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220129.040
ID  - 2022
ER  -