Relationship of science process skills and critical thinking of students in physics subject

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to see how the relationship between the scientific process and the critical thinking skills of Al-Falah Islamic High School Jambi students on the pure harmonic motion material. This research method is a mixed methods research with the research design being the embedded design. The subjects of this study were 100 students of class XII MIPA at Al-Falah Islamic High School Jambi. The sampling technique used was purposive sampling. The data collection instruments were the science process skills observation sheet, the critical thinking ability test, and the interview sheet, which were analyzed using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. The science process skills observed in this study are integrated science process skills with indicators of planning experiments, obtaining and processing data, and describing the relationship between variables. Meanwhile, the sign of critical thinking ability is to provide further explanation and formulate strategies and tactics. The results of the analyzed data showed that the sig value was 0.000-0.05, so it could be concluded that there was a relationship between the science process skills and the students' critical thinking skills with a Pearson correlation value of 0.848 and it was positive. This research shows that the students of class XII MIPA at Al-Falah Islamic High School Jambi have excellent science process skills and good enough critical thinking skills.