THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PBL-BASED PHYSICS MODULE FOR STUDENTS’ CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS

Physics Education

Integration of Problem-Based Learning (PBL) into a physics module is an innovation that is felt effective to improve students' critical thinking skills because it gives freedom of critical thinking and skills in solving problems to students through real problem solving applications. This type of study is research and development with the aim of analyzing the effectiveness of PBL-based physics modules in order to improve the critical thinking skills of high school students. The module effectiveness test was carried out at SMAN 1 Probolinggo and SMAN 3 Probolinggo with a pretest-posttest non-equivalent group design as study design. Data on the results of students 'critical thinking skills are obtained from the analysis results of students' answers to the module and with indicators of critical thinking that have been developed. Based on the results of data analysis, it can be concluded that PBL-based physics modules are effective to improve students critical thinking skills of SMAN 1 Probolinggo with score of critical thinking skills of 77.0 in the critical category and students of SMAN 3 Probolinggo with a critical thinking skills of 75.3 in the critical category.

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