Development of Teaching Material Based on Problem Based Learning Integrated Critical Thinking Skills (A Preliminary Study)

This article discusses a preliminary study of needs analysis in learning physics. The preliminary study was conducted at several schools in the city of Padang. The sample of this study was taken with a purposive sample technique so that it was obtained namely SMAN 2 Padang, SMAN 3 Padang, and SMAN 8 Padang. This preliminary study was carried out aimed at developing Physics teaching materials using a contextual teaching and learning approach integrated thinking skills for high school physics learning. This research uses descriptive statistical methods. The stages in this research are prepared in the form of design and development of instruments, implementation in the form of data collection, and completion in the form of data analysis. The results of the analysis in this study indicate that the needs analysis including learning activities, graduation standards, and critical thinking skills have been implemented well, but the application still needs to be improved, especially in critical skills. Contextual learning is able to guide students to practice problem solving, linking material with real problems, so students are able to think critically. Therefore, it needs to be improved by developing physics teaching materials based on problem-based learning models using the Contextual teaching and learning approach integrated critical thinking skills for high school physics learning class X