Improvement of Elementary School Critical Thinking Skills Through the POE Learning Model (Predict-Observe-Explain) on Natural Resource Material

Abstract

This study aims to determine the improvement of critical thinking skills before and after applying the POE learning model (predict-observe-explain). This type of research is a Pre-Experiment type design of One Pretest-Postest Design Group, which is an experiment conducted on one group only, without any comparison. This research was conducted in SDN 188 Pekanbaru in class IVA, which totaled 38 students. Based on the results of the study, it was found that the average score of the learning outcomes before the treatment (pretest) was 57.89 while the average score of the learning outcomes after the treatment (posttest) was 80.63 and the gain index value was 0.55 which was the medium category. This shows that the POE learning model can improve the critical thinking skills of elementary students in natural resource material.