Profile of critical thinking skills in student’s SMPN 1 Kalipare at topic of substance and its characteristics

Abstract

One of the 21st century skills that students must possess is critical thinking skills. This research aims to determine critical thinking skills of students at SMPN 1 Kalipare topic of substances and its characteristics. This type of research is quantitative descriptive research. The research was conducted at SMPN 1 Kalipare. The research sample were 83 students of class VIII in 2018/2019 academic year and were assigned random sampling. The instrument used was 15 multiple choice test questions of critical thinking skills. Data analysis was performed with quantitative percentage analysis. The distribution of students critical thinking skills of class VIII at SMPN1 Kalipare who have very high critical thinking skills are 6 students (7,23%), high critical thinking skills are 7 students (8,43%), medium critical thinking skills are 17 students (20,48%), low critical thinking skills are 20 students (24,10%), and very low critical thinking skills are 33 students (39,76%). The results showed the students critical thinking skills of class VIII at SMPN 1 Kalipare about substances and its characteristics included in the low category with a percentage of 47,85%. indicator of critical thinking with the lowest category is reveal the reason with a percentage of 36,90%.

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