Analysis of Critical Thinking Ability of Sixth-Grade Students Primary School

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10.2991/assehr.k.200129.102How to use a DOI?

Keywords

critical thinking, elementary school, misconceptions

Abstract

This research is motivated by the importance of critical thinking skills in 21st-century education. The purpose of this study is to determine the critical thinking skills of elementary school students and the factors that can influence it in Sukoharjo 02 Elementary School, Sukoharjo Regency. This study included descriptive qualitative research. The subjects of this study were class VI students who were selected by purposive sampling technique. Data collection is done through observation, interviews, and tests. Data analysis is done by flow analysis. Based on the results of research and discussion, information obtained from 6 of 28 students or about 21% of students whose grades can reach 70, the minimum completeness value 70. The average score of all students is 52. It shows that the students’ ability to think critically is still low. Based on several indicators of critical thinking shows the average value of students answering interpretation questions, namely 46.43, analysis of 50.89, inference 65.18, and explanation 45.54. The low average value is caused by several factors, namely: students answer with short answers so the answers become incorrect, there are students’ misconceptions because students’ understanding from the beginning is wrong, and the most often done by the students is to answer systematically.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Sigit Hartanto
AU  - Sri Marmoah
AU  - Tri Murwaningsih
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/02/06
TI  - Analysis of Critical Thinking Ability of Sixth-Grade Students Primary School
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Learning Innovation and Quality Education (ICLIQE 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 817
EP  - 826
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200129.102
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200129.102
ID  - Hartanto2020
ER  -