Trend of Critical Thinking Skill Research in Indonesian Mathematics Education: A Literature Review on Scopus Database

Abstract

Critical thinking skill is one of the goals of 21st century education. The purpose of this study is to review the articles that had been published in Scopus indexed journals since 2013 to 2023 with critical thinking skill as the main focus and Indonesia as the location of study. This research investigate the period of publication, demographics, education level, data collection instrument, and data analysis method of 47 inclusion articles. This article is a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) of 47 research published until 2023 with the help of the Publish or Perish (PoP) application with the Scopus database. This study based on a quantitative descriptive approach using the PRISM protocol, including the identification, screening, eligibility, and included stages. The results has revealed that in the past two years, the number of publications with Scopus indexed that focused on mathematical critical thinking skill had decreased. Senior high school student were mostly chosen as the research subjects; The Java region dominates research location. The most dominant research designed was quantitative. Test and descriptive analysis were the most commonly-used instrument and analysis method. For future researchers, it is recommended to conducting research on mathematical critical thinking skill at the elementary school level, doing research outside Java Island, increasing the heterogenity of research approaches, choosing more data collecting instruments and data analysis techniques.