Critical Thinking Skills Used Among University Students in Reading Comprehension

Abstract

The objective of this study was to investigate the frequencies of using critical thinking in reading among university students namely; interpretation, analysis, evaluation, inference, explanation, and self-regulation. The quantitative method was used in this study. The respondents of this study were 100 second year undergraduate students of Ar-raniry State Islamic University, Banda Aceh. The data needed for the study were collected through a set of questionnaire. The data collected were analyzed quantitatively in the form of percentages. The results showed that inference was the critical thinking skill mostly about 54% of students used in reading comprehension. In addition, the next types of critical thinking skills used by students in order were analysis, explanation, evaluation, interpretation, and self-regulation. Self-regulation was the least skill about 5% of them practised by students in reading comprehension. It indicated that the frequency of using critical thinking skills among university students were more on inference level in reading comprehension.