Students’ critical thinking ability in analyzing descriptive paragraph

Learning that is oriented to the development of critical thinking skills is one of the main priorities of an educator in their learning activities. This study aims to analyze students' critical thinking skills in analyzing a descriptive paragraph. This study uses a descriptive method with a qua...

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Main Authors: Patahuddin Patahuddin, Syawal Syawal, Amri Amri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Indonesian Institute for Counseling, Education and Therapy (IICET) 2021-11-01
Series:JPPI (Jurnal Penelitian Pendidikan Indonesia)
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Online Access:https://jurnal.iicet.org/index.php/jppi/article/view/1213
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description Learning that is oriented to the development of critical thinking skills is one of the main priorities of an educator in their learning activities. This study aims to analyze students' critical thinking skills in analyzing a descriptive paragraph. This study uses a descriptive method with a quantitative approach. This research will be carried out during the odd semester of the academic year 2021/2022. The subjects of this study were all 1st-semester students in the English language education study program FKIP UMPAR which consisted of 18 students. The research instruments are observation and interview which involves the descriptive paragraphs observation and the interview guide sheet. Data analysis using descriptive statistical analysis. Referring to the data gained in the study, the researcher found that the critical thinking ability of students to analyze a descriptive paragraph was still very low. It was discovered that students' critical thinking skills in analyzing descriptive paragraphs were in a low category, students achieving a score below the minimum graduation standard set by the university. The data is also reinforced by the results of interviews which show that students are not accustomed to doing English paragraph analysis.
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spelling doaj.art-4f35c5c64ac54bb0a2671f2cc22d9d0f2022-12-22T04:39:10ZengIndonesian Institute for Counseling, Education and Therapy (IICET)JPPI (Jurnal Penelitian Pendidikan Indonesia)2477-85242502-81032021-11-017346246810.29210/020211213761Students’ critical thinking ability in analyzing descriptive paragraphPatahuddin Patahuddin0Syawal Syawal1Amri Amri2Universitas Muhammadiyah ParepareUniversitas Muhammadiyah ParepareUniversitas Muhammadiyah ParepareLearning that is oriented to the development of critical thinking skills is one of the main priorities of an educator in their learning activities. This study aims to analyze students' critical thinking skills in analyzing a descriptive paragraph. This study uses a descriptive method with a quantitative approach. This research will be carried out during the odd semester of the academic year 2021/2022. The subjects of this study were all 1st-semester students in the English language education study program FKIP UMPAR which consisted of 18 students. The research instruments are observation and interview which involves the descriptive paragraphs observation and the interview guide sheet. Data analysis using descriptive statistical analysis. Referring to the data gained in the study, the researcher found that the critical thinking ability of students to analyze a descriptive paragraph was still very low. It was discovered that students' critical thinking skills in analyzing descriptive paragraphs were in a low category, students achieving a score below the minimum graduation standard set by the university. The data is also reinforced by the results of interviews which show that students are not accustomed to doing English paragraph analysis.https://jurnal.iicet.org/index.php/jppi/article/view/1213critical thinking abilitydescriptive paragraphlearning strategyparagraph analysis
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critical thinking ability
descriptive paragraph
learning strategy
paragraph analysis
title Students’ critical thinking ability in analyzing descriptive paragraph
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title_full_unstemmed Students’ critical thinking ability in analyzing descriptive paragraph
title_short Students’ critical thinking ability in analyzing descriptive paragraph
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descriptive paragraph
learning strategy
paragraph analysis
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