Critical Thinking Skill of English Educational Department Students in Writing an Essay

Sinaga, Husaini Luftiah Erdani (2022) Critical Thinking Skill of English Educational Department Students in Writing an Essay. Skripsi thesis, Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera Utara.

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Abstract

This research examined students' critical thinking skills when writing an essay. The ability to think critically is very important, because with critical thinking, a person can use the potential of their mind to understand a problem and provide solutions to it. Regarding the importance of critical thinking in writing argumentative essays, students are the right subject in this study. This research used mix method, a combination of quantitative and qualitative. Data from the study were obtained from written test and interview. The test was given to 20 students who had taken writing courses and had also learned critical thinking. Interview data were obtained from 5 student representatives who were the sample. The results showed that there were two (2) students in critical thinking categorized into excellent, there were four (4) students in critical thinking categorized into very good, there were six (6) students in critical thingking categorized into good, there were five (5) students in critical thinking categorized into poor, and there were three (3) students in critical thingking categorized into very poor. The average total score of all aspect was good (79,75). Based on the results of test and interview that have been carried out, most students can understand information on the given problem topic and elaborate on the topic with sentences that are easily understood by the reader. Students have difficulty in analyzing data and find it difficult to find supporting reasoning from credible sources to support their arguments.

Jenis Item:	Skripsi (Skripsi)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Critical Thinking, Argumentative Essay, Students
Subjects:	300 Social sciences > 370 Education > 371 School management; special education > 371.3 Metode, kegiatan belajar mengajar; metode pembelajaran
Divisions:	Fakultas Ilmu Tarbiyah dan Keguruan > Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris > Skripsi
Pengguna yang mendeposit:	Ms Nurul Hidayah Siregar
Date Deposited:	14 Feb 2023 08:53
Last Modified:	14 Feb 2023 08:53
URI:	http://repository.uinsu.ac.id/id/eprint/17446

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