How is the Influence of Critical Thinking on Education Revolution Era 4.0?: A Pilot Study

Abstract

The education revolution 4.0 demanded educators to be creative and innovative. These skills were aimed to improve the quality of students' graduated from their institutions. One of the main skills needed to be developed was students' critical thinking skills. To know the relation between critical thinking skills and students' score (GPA), this study was conducted using quantitative approach with correlational study on regression. The samples were 340 students from six faculty of a public University in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. The results showed that critical thinking skills had a low correlation with GPA, which was only 1.7%. Furthermore, the highest level of critical thinking skills was shown by students from social sciences and language background as both of them focused on developing analysis skills and examined in-depth reading regularly in classroom learning. GPA is proven to influence critical thinking skills, so that it can be followed up with guidance that preservative to provide developing critical thinking skills so that the GPA of students also contributes to quality outcomes.

AUTONOMOUS & CONTROLLED MOTIVATION AND ACADEMIC OUTCOMES AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

“…Critical thinking skill enables a person to evaluate and analyze the information he receives (Ennis,2011). It positively relates to performance among all students, especially the university students (Marfu'i & Sriyono, 2020;Ghanizadeh, 2017). Students, who lack this skill, use rote memorization as the primary tool of learning and thus readily forget as they learn.…”