The purpose of this research was to know the influence of using picture card media toward students rational thinking skill. The research design was pretest-postest non equivalent group. Samples were X5 and X6 that was choosen by cluster random sampling method. The data of research were quantitative and qualitative. The quantitative data was taken from the average of pretest and posttest scores which statistically analyzed with t-test using SPSS 17.0 in 95% confidence levels. The qualitative data which was analyzed descriptively were students learning activities and students responses about applicating picture card media through cooperative learning model type Group Investigation. The result of the research showed that there was no significant effect of picture card media toward students rational thinking skill (tcounting (1,412) ttable (1,671)). Most of student learning activities categorized as high average (76,57 %). Furthermore the students gave positive responses to this research.Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh penggunaan media kartu bergambar terhadap keterampilan berpikir rasional siswa. Desain penelitian ini adalah pretest-postest kelompok non-ekuivalen. Sampel penelitian adalah siswa kelas X5dan X6 yang dilakukan dengan teknik cluster random sampling. Data penelitian ini berupa data kuantitatif dan kualitatif. Data kuantitatif diperoleh dari rata-rata nilai pretest dan postest dan dianalisis secara statistik melalui uji t dengan program SPSS 17.0 dengan taraf kepercayaan 95%. Data kualitatif yang dianalisis secara deskriptif berupa aktivitas belajar siswa dan tanggapan siswa terhadap penggunaan media kartu bergambar melalui model pembelajaran kooperatif tipe Group Investigation. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan tidak ada pengaruh yang signifikan pada penggunaan media kartu bergambar terhadap keterampilan berpikir rasional siswa (thitung (1,412) ttabel (1,671) ). Sebagian besar aktivitas belajar siswa berkriteria tinggi (76,57 %). Selain itu, sebagian besar siswa memberikan tanggapan positif terhadap penelitian ini. Kata kunci: group investigation, keterampilan berpikir rasional, media kartu bergambar
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