Analysis of Critical Thinking Skills in Problem Based Learning Model Based on Thematic Learning

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to know the critical thinking ability of a primary school after getting a treatment by applying problembased learning model (PBL) based on thematic learning. This research is a descriptive research, with a quantitative method. The research was conducted at SDN 1 Mada. The population in this research is the fourth-grade students in IV Nada District who enrolled in the even semester of the academic year 2017/2018. A Sample in this research is class IV at SDN 1 Mada, which is 25 participants. The data collection used is a questionnaire test with a total of 10 items covering all five categories of critical thinking skills according to Nitko and Brookhart namely (1) elementary clarification, (2) basic support of argument, (3) inferences, (4) advanced clarification, and (5) strategies and tactics. From the result of the test of the students with critical thinking ability; after getting treatment of the PBL model; 52% are with a very high category, and 48% high category with an average value of 76,6. From the result of the research, it can be concluded that overall the fourth-grade students of SDN 1 Mada in the (even)seventh? semester of the academic year of 2017/2018 have the ability to think highly. Keywords—PBL model, critical thinking, thematic