Jurnal Penelitian dan Pembelajaran IPA
Vol 3, No 2 (2017): Available Online in November 2017 (Web of Science Indexed)

The Correlation of Metacognition with Critical Thinking Skills of Grade XI Students on Human Excretion System Concept

Dea Diella (Department of Biology Education, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Siliwangi, Tasikmalaya, Indonesia)
Ryan Ardiansyah (Department of Biology Education, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Siliwangi, Tasikmalaya, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Nov 2017

Abstract

Abstract The aims of this study is to reveal metacognition and critical thinking skill of students grade XI, and also the correlation between metacognition with crititical thinking skill on human excretion system. The participants of this study consist of 100 students from grade XI of five different high schools in Tasikmalaya. Correlational method was used in this study. Instruments which used to obtain the data consist of metacognition test and critical thinking test. The students' metacognition was captured with the essay item related to the human excretion system concept. The multiple choice-reason item and essay item was used to capture the critical thinking skills. The results showed that students’ score at metacognition and critical thinking have a low average. The results also proved that metacognition has a positive correlation and moderately strong with critical thinking skills. Keywords: Metacognition, Critical Thinking Skills, Human Excretion System 

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JPPI

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Education

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Jurnal Penelitian dan Pembelajaran IPA contains research publications in the field of science learning, including chemistry learning, physics learning, biology learning and natural sciences learning Jurnal Penelitian dan Pembelajaran IPA is published by Department of Science Education, Faculty of ...