Learning Material Development Containing Critical Thinking and Creative Thinking Skills Based on Local Wisdom

Abstract

The problem with this research is the unavailability of teaching materials which is containing critical, creative and logical thinking skills improvement based on local wisdom. While the development of critical thinking and creative thinking skills becomes one of the great goals that are expected to get a productive future generation. This research use research and development methods that will develop products in the form of teaching materials and textbooks containing critical, creative, and logical thinking skills improvement based on local wisdom. The research design refers to the Borg & Gall design which consists of 10 steps. the result mentioned that thematic textbooks containing critical thinking, creative thinking and logical thinking based on local wisdom deserve to be used, have effectiveness for the fifth grade of elementary school based on evaluation from the material draft expert, media expert, language expert and field test. Based on the results, it can be concluded that there is a significant difference between the results of the experimental class posttest and the control class posttest scores.