Critical Thinking-Based Teaching (CTBT) To Promote Students’ Comprehension Of Literary Text
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Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk (1)menemukan pengaruh CTBT di dalam pemahaman membaca siswa terhadap teks literature, (2)pengaruh berpikir kritis terhadap pemahaman membaca siswa, dan (3)proses dari CTBT di dalam kelas. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitaif dan kualitatif. Subjek dari penilitian ini adalah siswa kelas sebelas MAN 2 Bandar Lampung. Terdapat tiga instrumen: tes pemahaman membaca, kuesioner berpikir kritis, dan observasi. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa terdapat perbedaan yang signifikan pada pemahaman membaca siswa sebelum dan sesudah diajarkan menggunakan teks literatur. Terdapat pengaruh yang signifikan pada kategori berpikir kritis siswa terhadap pencapaian pemahaman membaca mereka. Terdapat empat langkah dalam pembelajaran berbasis berpikir kritis, antara lain merangkum, menganalisis, mensintesis, dan menilai. Lebih lanjut, pengajaran berpikir kritis siswa menggunakan teks literatur efektif dan cara yang baik untuk meningkatkan berpikir kritis siswa dalam pemahaman membaca.
The objectives of the research are to (1)find out the effect CTBT in students’ reading comprehension of literary text, (2)explore the effect of students’ CT category in their reading comprehension, and (3)explore the process of CTBT in the classroom. This research used quantitative and qualitative approaches. The subjects are the students of eleventh grade of MAN 2 Bandar Lampung. There are three instruments: reading comprehension test, CT’s questionnaire, and observation. The result showed that there was a significant difference on the students’ reading comprehension before and after being taught through literary text. There was a significant effect of students’ critical thinking category on their reading comprehension achievement. There are four steps of CTBT, those are summary, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. Furthermore, CTBT is an effective and good way to increase student’ critical thinking in reading comprehension.
Keywords: Critical thinking, literary texts, reading comprehension.
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