Student’s Critical Thinking Skills in Solving PISA-like Mathematics Questions on Quantity Content

Abstract

This study aims to determine the student’s critical thinking skills in solving PISA-like questions in the context of Jakabaring Palembang tourism on quantity content. This type of research is descriptive, using four indicators of critical thinking skills: Interpretation, Analysis, Evaluation, and Inference. The subjects involved in this study were students in class VII, as many as 36 people. Data was collected through tests and observations and then analyzed qualitatively to measure students' critical thinking skills. The results of this study indicate that the ability of critical thinking students is classified as medium with a total of 22 students, this can also be seen from completing PISA-like questions, and only 6 students are classified as low. In addition, the highest percentage of critical thinking indicators is on interpretation, 83.3%, while the lowest essential percentage of thinking indicators is on analysis, with a total of 13.8%. By solving PISA-like questions quantity content can train students to develop interpretation indicators on mathematical critical thinking skills as well as introduce Jakabaring Palembang tourism.