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Improving Elementary School Students’ Critical Thinking Skill in Science through HOTS-based Science Questions: A Quasi-Experimental Study

Jurnal Pendidikan IPA Indonesia · Vol. 10 No. 3 (2021) · pp. 378–386

DOI
10.15294/jpii.v10i3.30891
ISSN
2089-4392, 2339-1286
Published
2021-09-29
Publisher
Program Studi Pendidikan IPA Fakultas Matematika dan Ilmu Pengetahuan Alam (FMIPA)
Language
eng

Abstract

There have been many efforts to improve elementary school students’ critical thinking skills in science through various learning methods. However, only a few research results show efforts to improve critical thinking skills through HOTS-based science questions for elementary school students. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness of student habituation with HOTS-based science questions in improving elementary school students’ critical thinking skills in science. Quasi-experimental methods were employed in this research with a nonequivalent control group design involving a treatment class and a control class. The treatment class gets treatment in HOTS-based science questions habituation during the learning process, while the control class in conventional approaches. A total of 60 students is from one of the elementary schools in Surakarta, Indonesia. To take data related to students’ critical thinking skills, they were given pretest and posttest where each test used HOTS-based science questions in an essay. The obtained data from the tests were then analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistical techniques. This study showed that the average of critical thinking skills in science of students in the experimental class was higher than the control class, with a positive mean difference of 0.4226. Based on these results, it is recommended that the results of this study can provide an overview to educational practitioners at the elementary school level and researchers in the field of science education related to efforts to improve elementary school students’ critical thinking skills in science through the habituation of HOTS-based science questions.

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  • Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta
  • Universitas Muhammadiyah Madiun
  • King Abdulaziz University
  • National Research and Innovation Agency
  • Kanazawa University
  • The University of Adelaide
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Maram MeccawyKing Abdulaziz University3
Tariq Jamil Saifullah KhanzadaKing Abdulaziz University3
S SutamaMuhammadiyah University of Surakarta2
N. B. M. IdrusAffiliation unknown2
Lenny Puspita DewiUniversitas Muhammadiyah Madiun1
Yan Aditya PradanaUniversitas Muhammadiyah Madiun1
Dian Ardifah IswariUniversitas Muhammadiyah Madiun1
Muhammad Qolbi ShobriUniversitas Muhammadiyah Madiun1
Citra Kusuma PratiwiUniversitas Muhammadiyah Madiun1
Janu ArlinwibowoNational Research and Innovation Agency1
Yulia LinguistikaThe University of Adelaide1
D. PurwokoNational Research and Innovation Agency1
S. SupraptoNational Research and Innovation Agency1

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