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Abstract: Brainstorming as an Effective Learning Strategy to Promote Students Critical Thinking Skills. Objectives: This study investigates the brainstorming strategy employed by teachers in the classroom to enhance students critical thinking skills. Methods: This study employed a qualitative research approach conducted in a senior high school consisting of 30 teachers and 4 teachers were selected as the research participants. The data were collected by conducting semi-structured interviews and classroom observations. The data were analyzed descriptively to establish valid and reliable findings. Findings: This study found that teachers intensively used the brainstorming method in enhancing students critical thinking skills by asking various challenging questions to arouse students critical skills. Conclusions: the Findings of this study revealed the importance of conducting brainstorming strategies during the learning activities. Moreover, this study implies teachers should utilize the brainstorming method more intensively to develop students critical thinking skills.
Keywords: brainstorming, learning strategy, critical thinking skills.
Abstrak: Brainstorming sebagai strategi pembelajaran efektif untuk meningkatkan keterampilan berpikir kritis. Tujuan: Penelitian ini mengkaji strategi brainstorming yang digunakan oleh guru di kelas untuk meningkatkan keterampilan berpikir kritis siswa. Metode: Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan penelitian kualitatif yang dilakukan di sebuah sekolah menengah atas yang terdiri dari 30 guru dan 4 guru terpilih sebagai partisipan penelitian. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan wawancara semi terstruktur dan observasi kelas. Data dianalisis secara deskriptif untuk menetapkan temuan yang valid dan reliabel. Temuan: Penelitian ini menemukan bahwa guru secara intensif menggunakan metode brainstorming dalam meningkatkan keterampilan berpikir kritis siswa dengan mengajukan berbagai pertanyaan yang menantang untuk meningkatkan keterampilan kritis siswa. Kesimpulan: Temuan penelitian ini mengungkap pentingnya melakukan metode brainstorming selama kegiatan pembelajaran. Selain itu, penelitian ini menyiratkan guru harus memanfaatkan metode brainstorming lebih intensif untuk mengembangkan keterampilan berpikir kritis siswa.
Kata kunci: brainstorming, strategi pembelajaran, keterampilan berpikir kritis.
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