BUILDING CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS THROUGH PROBLEM BASED LEARNING MODELS IN 5TH ELEMENTARY GRADES

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A Critical thinking skills are needed by students, especially in learning activities to be able to solve problems. Learning activities are expected to vary to achieve the learning objectives to be achieved. The use of problem based learning models can encourage students to be more active, especially in solving problems. This study aims to find out the improvement of students' critical thinking skills by using problem based learning models. This research uses qualitative research. This research was conducted at SDN Pucangan 03 Kartasura. The subjects used in this study were students of grade 5 (A) at SDN Pucangan 03 Kartasura. Data collection techniques used are observation and research instruments using observation sheets. The results showed that the application of the problem based learning (PBL) model could build students' critical thinking skills in the learning process. Research conducted shows that students' critical thinking skills have increased significantly with the existence of learning activities using problem based learning (PBL) models. The results showed an increase in students' skills in the learning process by 81% of the total number of students. From these results it is known that as many as 22 students demonstrate critical thinking skills well, however there are 5 students who can demonstrate critical thinking skills but with the guidance of the teacher.