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Assessing students' prior knowledge on critical thinking skills in the biology classroom: Has it already been good

Critical thinking is a competence that must be had by students. Critical thinking refers to the student's ability to apply high order cognitive skills. In the context of biology learning, the essential empowerment of thinking skills can facilitate students to be an individual who tends to have...

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Main Authors: Fausan, Muhammad Mifta, Susilo, Herawati, Gofur, Abdul, Sueb, S., Yusop, Farrah Dina
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Published: 2021
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spelling my.um.eprints.354762023-10-09T10:52:05Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/35476/ Assessing students' prior knowledge on critical thinking skills in the biology classroom: Has it already been good Fausan, Muhammad Mifta Susilo, Herawati Gofur, Abdul Sueb, S. Yusop, Farrah Dina Q Science (General) Critical thinking is a competence that must be had by students. Critical thinking refers to the student's ability to apply high order cognitive skills. In the context of biology learning, the essential empowerment of thinking skills can facilitate students to be an individual who tends to have a good focus, give a logical reason, do an analysis to conclude comprehensively, and solve the problem appropriately. This survey study aimed to describe the students' prior knowledge of critical thinking skills in biology. One hundred fifteen respondents participated in this study. They were students of Senior High School in Jombang Regency, East Java, Indonesia. The respondents were asked to answer ten questions in a critical thinking essay developed by the researchers. The items used to assess were five critical thinking skill aspects: focus, supporting reasons, organization, conventions, and integration. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. This study showed that the critical thinking skill aspect got the highest score was conventions (M= 55.22, SD= 19.31), while the critical thinking skill aspect that got the lowest score was supporting reasons (M= 45.57, SD= 16.44). This study also uncovered that overall the average score of students' critical thinking was 49.95. This average score is still included in the very low category. Therefore, the student's critical thinking skill needs to be improved and optimized, such as integrating learning strategies with appropriate learning techniques. © 2021 Author(s). 2021 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed Fausan, Muhammad Mifta and Susilo, Herawati and Gofur, Abdul and Sueb, S. and Yusop, Farrah Dina (2021) Assessing students' prior knowledge on critical thinking skills in the biology classroom: Has it already been good. In: th International Conference on Mathematics and Science Education: Innovative Research in Science and Mathematics Education in the Disruptive Era, ICoMSE 2020, 25 - 26 August 2020, Malang. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85102470508&doi=10.1063%2f5.0043167&partnerID=40&md5=c50a895c26910680bedad71d85eadc4d
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topic Q Science (General)
spellingShingle Q Science (General)
Fausan, Muhammad Mifta
Susilo, Herawati
Gofur, Abdul
Sueb, S.
Yusop, Farrah Dina
Assessing students' prior knowledge on critical thinking skills in the biology classroom: Has it already been good
description Critical thinking is a competence that must be had by students. Critical thinking refers to the student's ability to apply high order cognitive skills. In the context of biology learning, the essential empowerment of thinking skills can facilitate students to be an individual who tends to have a good focus, give a logical reason, do an analysis to conclude comprehensively, and solve the problem appropriately. This survey study aimed to describe the students' prior knowledge of critical thinking skills in biology. One hundred fifteen respondents participated in this study. They were students of Senior High School in Jombang Regency, East Java, Indonesia. The respondents were asked to answer ten questions in a critical thinking essay developed by the researchers. The items used to assess were five critical thinking skill aspects: focus, supporting reasons, organization, conventions, and integration. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. This study showed that the critical thinking skill aspect got the highest score was conventions (M= 55.22, SD= 19.31), while the critical thinking skill aspect that got the lowest score was supporting reasons (M= 45.57, SD= 16.44). This study also uncovered that overall the average score of students' critical thinking was 49.95. This average score is still included in the very low category. Therefore, the student's critical thinking skill needs to be improved and optimized, such as integrating learning strategies with appropriate learning techniques. © 2021 Author(s).
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author Fausan, Muhammad Mifta
Susilo, Herawati
Gofur, Abdul
Sueb, S.
Yusop, Farrah Dina
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Susilo, Herawati
Gofur, Abdul
Sueb, S.
Yusop, Farrah Dina
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title Assessing students' prior knowledge on critical thinking skills in the biology classroom: Has it already been good
title_short Assessing students' prior knowledge on critical thinking skills in the biology classroom: Has it already been good
title_full Assessing students' prior knowledge on critical thinking skills in the biology classroom: Has it already been good
title_fullStr Assessing students' prior knowledge on critical thinking skills in the biology classroom: Has it already been good
title_full_unstemmed Assessing students' prior knowledge on critical thinking skills in the biology classroom: Has it already been good
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