Penerapan Model Pembelajaran Problem Based Learning untuk Mengukur Kemampuan Berpikir Kritis Mahasiswa Calon Guru pada Mata Kuliah Psikologi Pendidikan
Abstract: This study aims to
determine the critical thinking skills of prospective teachers of biology at
Pasundan University in the course of educational psychology. Implementation of
Problem Based Learning learning model aims to measure students' critical
thinking skills. The method used in this study is a quasi-experimental design
with Randomized Control Group Posttest, data obtained based on the analysis,
the data is described to obtain information or a description of the results of
this research. The population in this study were 104 students, the sample in
this study were 39 students for the experimental group-1 and 39 students for
the experimental group-2. Data collected test data obtained from the test
results of students who are given a score based on the indicators. results of
research show that the critical thinking skills of prospective teachers of
biology in educational psychology courses including category sufficient for the
experimental group-1 and category well for the experimental group-2. The
average score of the experimental group-1 amounted to 2.73, and the average
score of the experimental group-2 by 3.05. Indicators of critical thinking
skills at the highest indicator 3 (I-3) with an average of 3.38 for the
experimental group-1 and 3.41 for the experimental group-2. Indicators of
critical thinking skills are the lowest in two indicators (I-2) that is equal
to 2.23 for the experimental group-1 and 2.74 for the experimental group-2. The
average percentage of absorption problems in the experimental group-1 amounted
to 51.25%, while the experimental group-2 amounted to 57.21%. The results of
significance test p-value (0.008). Based on the significance of the test
results can be concluded that the experimental group-2 has the critical thinking
skills is better than the experimental group-1.
Keywords: Critical Thinking
Skills, Educational Psychology, Problem Based Learning, Prospective Teachers,
Educational Psychology
Penulis: Uus Toharudin, Iwan
Setia Kurniawan
Kode Jurnal: jpbkdd170017