An Analysis of Preliminary Creative and Critical Thinking on Entrepreneurial Attitudes and Behaviour Topic in Industrial Mechanical Engineering Class at SMKN 01 Pariaman

. The problem of low critical and creative thinking skills in Vocational High Schools is a more significant concern to improve through various efforts. This study was aimed to describe the preliminary creative and critical thinking skills of students who have studied entrepreneurial attitudes and behaviours at SMKN 1 Pariaman. This type of research was descriptive quantitative. Preliminary analysis was carried out by giving ten items of creative and critical thinking essays that were valid (0.70) and reliable (0.82). The questions have passed the feasibility test on 150 students who have not studied entrepreneurship subjects on entrepreneurial attitude and behaviour topics at random. Written tests and questionnaires were given to 40 students of class XI-MI 1 and XI-MI 2 at SMKN 1 Pariaman. The preliminary analysis of critical and creative thinking skills was done in May 2021. The research data were collected based on scoring students' answers. The scoring of the critical and creative thinking test answers was in percentages according to critical and creative thinking categories. The analysis results of the critical and creative thinking indicators revealed that 51% of students got scores 1 and 2 (basic skills), while 49% of students got scores 3 and 4 (advanced skills).