Improving Critical Thinking Skill of Elementary School Students Through Brain Based Learning

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10.2991/assehr.k.201201.086How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Brain based learning, Critical thinking, PAI learning

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to improve the critical thinking skill of elementary school students using Brain Based Learning in PAI subject. This study implemented Brain Based Learning starting from planning, implementation and evaluation. The material developed was integrated with social cases of daily life. This study was conducted at the Rabbi Radiyya Islamic Elementary School and Public School No. 02 of Rejang Lebong. The research design used was one group pretest-posttest design, with data analysis using the N-gain test. The data collection was conducted through tests of critical thinking and observation of student activities. The results of the posttest and pretest showed an increase in students’ critical thinking skill. The first post-test obtained an increase of 21% and the second 24%. The result of the N-Gain analysis showed the critical thinking ability in PAI learning of student in the rounding material and the scale increase from the first pretests of 0,42 and the second pretes of 0,52 at SD IT Rabby Radiyya (RR). Then in SD 02 RL the first post-test obtained an increase 0f 21% and the second 32%. The result of the N-Gain analysis showed the critical thinking ability in PAI learning of student in the rounding material and the scale increase from the first pretests of 0,39 and the second pretes of 0,62 at SD IT Rabby Radiyya (RR), of the two result indicate N-gain in the medium category. Therefore, PAI learning through Brain Based Learning was effective.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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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  - Aida Rahmi Nasution
AU  - MS. Zuela
AU  - Zaenal Rafli
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/12/03
TI  - Improving Critical Thinking Skill of Elementary School Students Through Brain Based Learning
BT  - Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Arts and Humanities (IJCAH 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 485
EP  - 492
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201201.086
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.201201.086
ID  - Nasution2020
ER  -