THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING METHOD TO ENHANCE GRADE 7 STUDENTS’ CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS IN LEARNING MATHEMATICS AT SMP HOLLAND VILLAGE MANADO

Critical thinking is one of the most important issues in education. However, based on field observation results it is found that students have low critical thinking skills. One reason is that learning activities in the classroom do not foster students’ critical thinking skills. The purpose of this research study to enhance students’ critical skills by implementing the Problem-based Learning (PBL) method. The research subjects were 29 grade 7 students in a junior high school in Manado. The research method used was Classroom Action Research (CAR), conducted from September 12 to November 3, 2017.... Mehr ...