Abstract:
Students' critical thinking skills become the determining factor of the success
of learning activities and student learning outcomes. But the fact is that
activity and critical thinking skills of students are still low which affected on
student learning outcomes. From these problems, the combination of the
Taman Ceria Model was used in this study to become one of the best solutions.
The aim of this study was to describe and analyze students' critical thinking
activities. The type of research is Classroom Action Research (CAR). The
subjects of this study were fourth grade students of SDN Kuin Selatan 1
Banjarmasin. The type of data in this study is quantitative data obtained
through measurement techniques with written tests, and qualitative data
obtained by student activities. The results showed that in the critical thinking
aspect, students achieved 89% results for the skilled and highly skilled criteria.
It can be concluded that the critical thinking aspect of students at each meeting
increases and the hypothesis can be accepted. For teachers, this research is
expected to be taken into consideration in using learning models in increasing
students' critical thinking activities and skills which have an impact on
improving student learning outcomes.
Keywords: Critical Thinking, Taman Ceria Model, Interactive Multimedia.
