Critical thinking, creative thinking, and metacognitive ability: Preliminary investigation of biology teacher candidates at Siliwangi University

Abstract

This research is a preliminary study conducted to describe the critical, creative, and metacognitive thinking profile of students of the Biology Education undergraduate program at Siliwangi University. This research was conducted on 105 active undergraduate students in the biology education program at Siliwangi University. The instrument for measuring critical and creative thinking uses a written test, while the metacognitive uses the metacognitive awareness inventory (MAI). After getting the data, the data was analysed quantitatively and descriptively. The results showed that the average score of critical thinking was in the good category, creative thinking was in the poor category, and metacognitive was in the good category. This study interprets the three abilities in the East Priangan area. It can be used to determine the next step in activating critical thinking skills, creative thinking, and metacognition.