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DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE LEARNING SCIENCE SOCIAL KNOWLEDGE OF PROBLEM BASED LEARNING SUBTHEME DIVERSITY OF NATIONAL AND RELIGIOUS TRADE IN MY COUNTRY TO INCREASE CRITICAL THINK SKILL IV STUDENTS IN PRIMARY SCHOOL
Last modified: 2018-04-23
Abstract
DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE LEARNING SCIENCE SOCIAL KNOWLEDGE OF PROBLEM BASED LEARNING SUBTHEME DIVERSITY OF NATIONAL AND RELIGIOUS TRADE IN MY COUNTRY TO INCREASE CRITICAL THINK SKILL IV STUDENTS IN PRIMARY SCHOOL
Suryadin Hasyda, Waspodo Tjipto Subroto, dan Harmanto
Basic Education Studies Program, state University Surabaya
Jl. Ketintang, Surabaya 60231
Abstract
This study aims to describe the validity, the practicality, the effectiveness of a learning device social studies integrated with problem based learning to improve student’s critical thinking skill. Problems that occur in IPS learning is that many teachers use a strategy that places itself as a central learning. Becoming a reason researchers to develop learning device with problem based learning in accordance with the development of students in primary school. This research is a development research by uses the design of 4-D is define, design, develop, and disseminate. The focus of this research is the development of social learning device that produces result in the form of product research syllabi, lesson plan, student books, worksheet, and critical thinking skills tests to measure student’s critical thinking skills. The validation result of the learning device by two validators has a very good / valid category. The effectiveness of learning device in improving critical thinking skills shows high results. With student activity showed a very good 81% percentage and student response by showing the percentage of 85,9 strongly interested. The results of the critical thinking skill test showed 0.7 with the gain test via pretet and posttest including the high category. Discussion of research results show that the development of learning device is very validity, practical and effective on the subtheme of ethnic and religious diversity in my country to improve the critical thinking skills of fourth graders in elementary school. Keywords: Learning device, problem based learning models, critical thinking skills.