Title:
THE CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS OF LOW ACADEMIC ABILITY STUDENTS OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN TERNATE, INDONESIA UNDERGOING RQA, STAD, AND RQA + STAD LEARNING

Authors:
Murni Thalib , A. Duran Corebima, Abdul Ghofur

Volume:1 Issue: 2

Abstract:
Academic ability is one of the factors having an effect on student's learning success, so that low academic ability students require more attention than high academic ability students. The learning success of the low academic ability students which is demonstrated by the quality of students' critical thinking skills can be optimally achieved if the teachers implement appropriate learning models. This research aimed at revealing the critical thinking skills of low academic ability students undergoing RQA, STAD and the combination between RQA and STAD learning strategies. The subjects of this research were class X students of AL-Khairaat Senior High School and Muhammadiyah Senior High School Ternate. The results of this research show that there is a difference in the students' critical thinking skills in all the three learning strategies. Furthermore, the results of post hoc test showed that STAD combined with RQA learning strategy has the highest potential in empowering students' critical thinking skill and the potential is significantly different from the potential of RT and STAD. The critical thinking skill of students in the RQA combined with STAD learning strategy is 8.91% higher than that of the students in the RQA learning strategy and 25.95% higher than that of the students in the STAD learning strategy. Thus, it is expected that the RQA combined with STAD learning strategy be implemented consistently in the learning process in schools, so that the critical thinking skills of low academic ability students can be equal to the critical thinking skills of high academic ability students.

Citation:

[Thalib, Murni, A. Duran Corebima, and Abdul Ghofur. "THE CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS OF LOW ACADEMIC ABILITY STUDENTS OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN TERNATE, INDONESIA UNDERGOING RQA, STAD, AND RQA + STAD LEARNING." IJAH March 1.2 (2017): 151-61.]