Pengaruh Pendekatan Kontekstual terhadap Kemampuan Berpikir Kritis IPA Siswa di Sekolah Dasar

Abstract

This study aims to determine the effect of the contextual approach on the critical thinking skills of elementary school science at SDN Kedawung I. This research is a type of quantitative research. The research method used was pre-experimental design using the One Group type pretest-posttest. The sample in this study was the fourth grade students of SDN Kedawung I as many as 25 students. The data collection technique used an essay test of 15 items that were tested, after passing the validity test there were 10 questions declared valid. The results of the reliability test obtained ri of 0.60. Data analysis techniques used are descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. The results of hypothesis testing, there is an effect of contextual approach on critical thinking ability of elementary school science. The results of the calculation of the descriptive test obtained an average pretest result of 38.64 and an average posttest result of 86.52. In calculating the hypothesis test using paired sample test calculations, the results of Sig. (2-tailed) 0.000, which means the value is 0.000 <0.05, this indicates that the hypothesis H0 is rejected and H1 is accepted. Based on the results of this study, it can be concluded that there is an effect of contextual approach on critical thinking skills in elementary school science.