The analysis of the implementation of scientific approach 5M to improve the elementary students' critical thinking skills in solving a fraction sorting problem

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the analysis of the implementation of scientific approach 5M to improve the elementary students' critical thinking skills in solving a fraction sorting problem. Students' critical thinking skills are important, even though the current condition is not as well taught. The method used in this study is a mixed method. Quantitative methods were used to analyze the students' learning outcomes, while qualitative methods were used to analyze students' critical thinking skills. Respondents in these study are two classes, divided into experimental class consisting of 26 students and the control class consisting of 24 students. The result showed that the implementation of the scientific approach 5M had better learning outcomes and critical thinking skills to solve a fraction sorting problem. The experimental students showed 74% interpretation skill, 72% analytic skill, 72% evaluation skill, and 71% inference skill while the control showed lower outcomes with 65% interpretation skill, 63% analytic skill, 62% evaluation skill and 60% inference skill. Furthermore, the independent sample t-test from the post-test showed that there is a significant difference between the control class and the experimental class with the sig (2-tailed) value was at 0,00 (p<0,05). It can be concluded that the implementation of scientific approach 5M can improve the elementary school students' critical thinking skills in solving a fraction sorting problem.