Science and technology development in the 21 st -Century has been demanding educators to provide learning activities which stimulate students' critical thinking skills. This study aimed to find out the correlated factors of the students' critical thinking skills as well as of which was the strongest determinant in leveling the skills. The subject of this correlational research was 112 undergraduate students in the Department of Biology Education, Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang who took Botany course. There were four variables measured in this study, namely academic ability, mastering concepts, analytical skill, and critical thinking skills. The data of academic ability was obtained from students' cumulative index in the previous semester while the three other variables were measured using final exam test. All the variables then analyzed using multiple linear regression. The results showed that the three predictor variables (mastering concepts, academic ability, and analytical skill) gave effective contributions toward students' critical thinking skills, with the percentages of 3.84%, 32.25%, and 54.26% respectively. Therefore, the results of this study could be a basic reference in designing learning process which empower the students' critical thinking skills.

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Kemunculan virus Corona yang diawali dari tahun 2020 lalu membuat semua segi kehidupan terdampak. Penerapan protokol kesehatan menjadi salah satu cara yang paling ampuh untuk menekan angka kasus covid-19 di Indonesia. Tujuan dilaksanakan edukasi pola hidup bersih dan sehat pada anak-anak adalah untuk membimbing agar anak-anak lebih sadar dan berhati-hati dalam melakukan kegiatan di tengah pandemi sebagai bentuk pencegahan terhadap virus Corona. Pada kegiatan ini dilakukan edukasi terhadap anak-anak dengan metode pemberian materi, games dan praktik mencuci tangan dengan benar. Hasil kegiatan menunjukkan bahwa 90% anak dapat menjawab pertanyaan dan menyusun kata terkait pola hidup bersih dan sehat sehingga anak-anak mengetahui cara cuci tangan dengan baik, memilah sampah dan menjaga perilaku hidup sehat di rumah, di lingkungan serta di sekolah. Kegiatan ini juga diharapkan dapat mendorong kesadaran masyarakat secara umum untuk menerapkan Pola Hidup Bersih dan Sehat demi meminimasilasi dan mencegah penularan virus Corona; membantu pemerintah dalam menggalakkan program pola hidup bersih dan sehat di masa pandemi; dan menginisiasi keberlanjutan program pola hidup bersih dan sehat di masyarakat. The emergence of the Coronavirus, which began in 2020, has affected all aspects of life. Implementing health protocols is one of the most effective ways to reduce the number of COVID-19 cases in Indonesia. The purpose of implementing clean and healthy lifestyle education for children is to guide them so that they are more aware and careful in carrying out activities during a pandemic as a form of prevention against the Coronavirus. In this activity, education was carried out for children to provide materials, games, and direct practice. After attending the education, the children become aware of washing their hands, sorting waste, and maintaining a healthy lifestyle at home, in the neighbourhood, and at school. This activity is also expected to encourage public awareness, in general, to implement a Clean and Healthy Lifestyle to minimize and prevent the transmission of the Coronavirus; assist the government in promoting the Clean and Healthy Lifestyle program during the pandemic, and initiate the sustainability of the Clean and Healthy Lifestyle program in the community.

Covid-19 had brought changes in various aspects of life, one of them in education, by implementing an online system. Implementing learning with an online system that changes suddenly makes the learning process from home ineffective because there are still many obstacles in the form of infrastructure and technical barriers faced by students, teachers, and parents. Teachers need to be more adaptive, creative, and innovative and choose relevant learning models to understand the material better. This research aims to describe the learning model used and analyze the implementation of the online-based learning model in biology class XI Senior SMA/MA negeri in Tuban Regency. The research approach used in this study is a qualitative approach with a descriptive method. Data collection methods are interviews, observations, and documentation, so that the research instruments used in this study are interview guidelines, observation sheets, and documentation. The analysis technique follows the data analysis of the Miles and Huberman model, which consists of data reduction, data presentation, and concluding. The results showed that SMAN 1 Grabagan, SMAN 1 Plumpang, and MAN 2 Tuban used the Contextual Teaching and Learning (CTL) learning model. While at MAN 1 Tuban using the Problem based learning (PBL) model, and SMAN 1 Soko using the online learning method. The implementation of the learning model at SMAN 1 Grabagan, SMAN 1 Plumpang and MAN 2 Tuban was carried out according to the syntax of the Contextual Teaching and Learning (CTL) learning model. However, several stages were not used. While the implementation of the learning model at MAN 2 Tuban was carried out according to the syntax of the Problem Based Learning (PBL) learning model and several stages were not implemented. The implementation of learning carried out at SMAN 1 Grabagan uses the online method. Abstrak. Covid-19 membawa perubahan bidang pendidikan dengan menerapkan sistem daring. Pembelajaran sistem daring yang berubah secara mendadak membuat proses belajar belum dapat dikatakan efektif secara keseluruhan, sehingga menjadi tantangan tersendiri bagi guru untuk lebih adaptif, kreatif, dan inovatif serta dapat memilih model pembelajaran yang relevan agar pemahaman siswa terhadap materi menjadi lebih baik. Penelitian bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan model pembelajaran yang digunakan dan menganalisis implementasi model pembelajaran berbasis daring pada mata pelajaran biologi kelas XI SMA/MA negeri di Kabupaten Tuban. Penelitian menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif metode deskriptif. Metode pengumpulan data berupa wawancara, observasi, dan dokumentasi. Teknik analisis berupa reduksi data, penyajian data, dan penarikan kesimpulan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan implementasi model pembelajaran di SMAN 1 Grabagan, SMAN 1 Plumpang, dan MAN 2 Tuban terlaksana sesuai sintaks Contextual Teaching and Learning meskipun beberapa tahapan tidak digunakan. Implementasi model pembelajaran di MAN 2 Tuban terlaksana sesuai sintaks Problem Based Learning meskipun beberapa tahapan tidak terlaksana. Implementasi pembelajaran di SMAN 1 Grabagan menggunakan daring method.

Education is crucial in changing human behaviour toward environmental management. The Walisongo Eco-Green Campus (WeGreen) is a program that aims to achieve Sustainable Development Goals, so it is necessary to prepare the students of Biology teacher candidates to have good environmental literacy. This study aims to describe the environmental literacy of the students of Biology teacher candidates based on the academic year. The sampling technique used in this study was stratified random sampling. The sample of the study was 339 students of Biology teacher candidates in four different academic years. Data collection techniques used are tests and questionnaires. The data obtained from the measurement result of environmental literacy were analyzed descriptively using the mean and standard deviation formulas. The results of the Kruskal-Wallis test show a significance value of 0.451 (p>0.05) on the cognitive aspect and 0.535 (p>0.05) on the affective aspects. In addition, the result on behavioural aspects is 0.012 (p<0.05). There is no difference in environmental literacy (cognitive aspects and affective aspects) of the students of Biology teacher candidates based on the academic year, but there is a difference in students’ behaviour aspects. Students with the most different behaviour are those in the academic year of 2019 (fifth semester).

Proses pembelajaran biologi di kelas dapat dilakukan dengan pendekatan ilmiah melalui penyelidikan. Pembelajaran biologi seharusnya dilakukan dengan memberikan kesempatan pada siswa untuk terlibat secara aktif menggunakan keterampilan proses dalam menemukan konsep dari fenomena ilmiah dalam kehidupan sehari-hari. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh scientific inquiry terhadap hasil belajar biologi. Penelitian eksperimen ini menggunakan nonrandomized control group pretest-posttest design. Populasi penelitian ini adalah siswa SMA di Malang, 32 siswa sebagai kelompok eksperimen dan 32 siswa sebagai kelompok kontrol. Instrumen penelitian berupa soal pretes-postes dan lembar observasi. Hasil belajar siswa dianalisis menggunakan analisis kovarian dan uji t. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa scientific inquiry secara signifikan meningkatkan hasil belajar biologi siswa.

<p>Education is one of the fields or perspectives that have significant developments in the progress of the times. Technological developments are developing the world of education, called the era of the industrial revolution 4.0. Therefore, several things must be mastered, namely competence in each student's life and multiliteracy in mental, physical, and intellectual capacities. One is Science Literacy Ability and Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS). In addition to knowledge competence, students must also have confidence in themselves to do and do well, namely self-efficacy. This study aims to determine the relationship between scientific literacy skills, HOTS, and self-efficacy as mediating variables. This type of research is correlational with the survey method. The sampling technique used is Simple Random Sampling with a sample of the population of class XI SMA students who are studying biology. Techniques and data collection instruments using tests in the form of questions (scientific literacy skills and HOTS) and statement questionnaires (self-efficacy). The research was conducted in March-May 2022 at SMAN 3 Semarang. Analysis of research data using quantitative descriptions. The results of this study are that there is a relationship between scientific literacy ability and HOTS with an influence proportion of 7.9%, there is no relationship between scientific literacy ability and self-efficacy with an influence proportion of 0.2%, there is no relationship between HOTS and self-efficacy influence 1.2%.</p>