ANALYSIS OF CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS BY HOMESCHOOLING’S STUDENTS IN SOLVING MATHEMATICAL PROBLEM

• Main Authors: Fitriatus Sholihah, Siti Inganah, Moh. Mahfud Effendi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang 2017-08-01
• Series: MEJ (Mathematics Education Journal)
• Subjects: critical thinking, homeschooling
• Online Access: http://ejournal.umm.ac.id/index.php/MEJ/article/view/4628
• ISSN: 2579-5260; 2579-5724

This study aims to describe the critical thinking skills of homeschooling students in solving mathematical problems. The type of this research is descriptive research with qualitative approach. Subjects in this study were six students homeschooling is equivalent to junior high school students class IX. Data were obtained through tests and interviews. Test are identified and described in accordance with the achievement of students towards critical thinking indicators used in this research that clarification, assessment, strategy/ tactics, and inference. The results of the interviews are used to further strengthen the data on homeschooling students' critical thinking skills. The results showed that one homeschooling student is in the category of less critical, four students are on quite critical category and only one student in a critical category. This suggests that homeschooling students' critical thinking skills are low. Low critical thinking skills are affected by limitations homeschooling student learning of mathematics is done, students 'mathematical ability and mathematical learning processes that do not yet geared to developing homeschooling students' critical thinking skills. So that based on the results of this study are advised to make the learning process of mathematics to develop homeschooling students' critical thinking skills.