Kemampuan Berpikir Kritis Siswa pada Pembelajaran Online Inquiry dan Problem Based Learning (PBL)

This research was motivated by teachers who must continue to help their students to enhancestudent’s critical thinking skills even in COVID-19 pandemic situation. Online Inquiry and Problem Based Learning (PBL) with Zoom Cloud Meeting platform was used because based on previous research, Inquiry learning and PBL can improve student’s critical thinking skills. The purpose of this study was to see the differences of junior high school student’s critical thinking skills after being taught by online Inquiry learning and PBL in terms of student’s initial abilities and to see the interaction between Inquiry, PBL, and initial ability with student’s critical thinking. This research was used quasi experimental nonequivalent control group design, conducted in 8th grade of Junior High School 7 Jambi City using 3 classes; 2 experimental classes and 1 control class selected by the simple random sampling method. The results of this study were tested with one way and two way ANOVA, showing that there were differences of student’s critical thinking abilities with high, medium and low initial abilities after being taught by online Inquiry learning and PBL learning, but there was no interaction between online Inquiry learning and PBL, and student’s initial ability with student’s critical thinking.Penelitian ini dilatarbelakangi oleh guru yang harus tetap membantu siswauntuk mengembangkan kemampuan berpikir kritis siswa walaupun di era pandemi COVID-19. Digunakan pembelajaran online Inquiry dan PBL dengan aplikasi Zoom Cloud Meeting, sebab berdasarkan beberapa penelitian sebelumnya, pembelajaran Inquiry an PBL dapat meningkatkan kemampuan berpikir kritis siswa. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk melihat perbedaan kemampuan berpikir kritis siswa SMP pada pembelajaran online Inquiry dan PBL ditinjau dari kemampuan awal siswa, serta melihat interaksi antara pembelajaran online Inquiry dan PBL, dan kemampuan awal siswa terhadap kemampuan berpikir kritis siswa. Penelitian ini menggunakan desain quasi experimental nonequivalent control group design,dilakukan di kelas VIII SMP Negeri 7 Kota Jambi dengan menggunakan 3 kelas, yakni 2 kelas eksperimen dan 1 kelas kontrol yang dipilih dengan metode simple random sampling. Hasil penelitian diuji dengan one way dan two way ANOVA, menunjukkan terdapat perbedaan kemampuan berpikir kritis siswa berkemampuan awal tinggi, sedang dan rendah setelah diajarkan dengan pembelajaran Inquiry dan PBL, namun tidak terdapat interaksi antara pembelajaran online Inquiry dan PBL dengan kemampuan awal siswa terhadap kemampuan berpikir kritis siswa