Pengaruh Model Pembelajaran Problem Based Learning (PBL) Terhadap Keterampilan Berpikir Kritis Siswa Kelas X MAS As’adiyah Putri Sengkang Kabupaten Wajo

Abstract

This study focuses on students’ lack of critical thinking skills caused by teaching techniques that are less varied, specifically, in biology lessons in Grade X at MAS As'adiyah Putri Sengkang. It tested the effect of using the problem-based learning technique on students’ analytical thinking skills. A quasi-experimental study using quantitative techniques was conducted in Semester 2 of 2024/2025. The population was all students in Grade X: the control group was Grade X.6 and the treatment group was Grade X.7. Data were collected through a critical thinking skills questionnaire and pretest and posttest results. They were then tested using descriptive and inferential techniques. The problem-based learning model had a significant impact on the results of the hypothesis analysis. An independent T test produced a significance figure ≤ α (α = 0.05). Thus, the hypothesis was supported.