The Effectiveness of Natural Science Modules Towardcritical Thinking Ability and Student Performance: A Development Research
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Research & Method in Education (IOSRJRME) - Year 2018, Vol 8, Issue 2
Abstract
Students in Indonesia still have low thinking ability, moreover on the implementation of natural science. One alternative solution to this problem to sharpen their critical thinking abilityby developing the natural sciencesmodules. This research aims to examine the effectiveness of environment-oriented natural science’s module using the concept of pollution and wastes on the vocational high school (SekolahMenengahKejuruan/SMK). The subjects are the XI grade students of SMKNegeri 1 Daha Selatan of Hulu Sungai SelatanDistrict. This research was conducted on the academic year of 2016/2017. The data about the module effectivity including 1) the result of critical thinking, 2) performance appraisal results, 3) cognitive appraisal result. The data was collected through various tests and observations which were analyzed descriptively. The result shows that environment-oriented natural science’smodule using the concept of pollution and wastes are considered effective based on 1) the average of critical thinking is categorized as good, 2) the average of students’ performance result is categorized as good, 3) the result of cognitive studying trough N-Gain Module is categorized as high.
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Maslyni . , Muhammad Zaini, Syahmani .
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