Combination of Discovery Learning and Metacognitive Knowledge Strategy to Enhance Students’ Critical Thinking Skills

The research aims to develop an instructional tool based on Discovery Learning (DL) combined with a Metacognitive Knowledge Strategy (MKS) to enhance students’ Critical Thinking Skills (CTSs). In doing so, the study employed a Research and Development (R&D) method to develop such a...

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Autores principales: Elya Nusantari*, Aryati Abdul, Insar Damopolii, Ali Salim Rashid Alghafri, Bakkar Suleiman Bakkar
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:ba77a8401d16442fb81d0cd365c20e462021-11-11T08:19:08ZCombination of Discovery Learning and Metacognitive Knowledge Strategy to Enhance Students’ Critical Thinking Skills2165-871410.12973/eu-jer.10.4.1781https://doaj.org/article/ba77a8401d16442fb81d0cd365c20e462021-10-01T00:00:00Z https://eu-jer.com/EU-JER_10_4_1781.pdf https://doaj.org/toc/2165-8714The research aims to develop an instructional tool based on Discovery Learning (DL) combined with a Metacognitive Knowledge Strategy (MKS) to enhance students’ Critical Thinking Skills (CTSs). In doing so, the study employed a Research and Development (R&D) method to develop such a tool. The developed instructional tool was tested for its validity by experts and practitioners’ evaluation. Further, the empirical data were collected from the results of implementation in learning and the student's responses, while the data of tools effectiveness were acquired from the critical thinking tests given to students (analyzed by related t-test). The developed instructional tools were implemented in a limited-scale trial of 32 students and a large-scale trial of 59 students. The results show that: firstly, the DL and MKS-integrated instructional tools are stated as valid in terms of the lesson plan, student worksheet, and critical thinking test. Secondly, the practicality criteria have been successfully met; the learning implementation, students’ activity, and students' responses were regarded as in accordance with the feasibility standard. Thirdly, the instructional tool was deemed effective in enhancing students’ CTSs (p = 0.05).Elya Nusantari*Aryati AbdulInsar DamopoliiAli Salim Rashid AlghafriBakkar Suleiman BakkarRU Publicationsarticlediscovery learning metacognitive knowledge strategy learning strategy combination critical thinking skills science education.EducationLENEuropean Journal of Educational Research , Vol 10, Iss 4, Pp 1781-1791 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
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topic discovery learning
metacognitive knowledge strategy
learning strategy combination
critical thinking skills
science education.
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spellingShingle discovery learning
metacognitive knowledge strategy
learning strategy combination
critical thinking skills
science education.
Education
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Elya Nusantari*
Aryati Abdul
Insar Damopolii
Ali Salim Rashid Alghafri
Bakkar Suleiman Bakkar
Combination of Discovery Learning and Metacognitive Knowledge Strategy to Enhance Students’ Critical Thinking Skills
description The research aims to develop an instructional tool based on Discovery Learning (DL) combined with a Metacognitive Knowledge Strategy (MKS) to enhance students’ Critical Thinking Skills (CTSs). In doing so, the study employed a Research and Development (R&D) method to develop such a tool. The developed instructional tool was tested for its validity by experts and practitioners’ evaluation. Further, the empirical data were collected from the results of implementation in learning and the student's responses, while the data of tools effectiveness were acquired from the critical thinking tests given to students (analyzed by related t-test). The developed instructional tools were implemented in a limited-scale trial of 32 students and a large-scale trial of 59 students. The results show that: firstly, the DL and MKS-integrated instructional tools are stated as valid in terms of the lesson plan, student worksheet, and critical thinking test. Secondly, the practicality criteria have been successfully met; the learning implementation, students’ activity, and students' responses were regarded as in accordance with the feasibility standard. Thirdly, the instructional tool was deemed effective in enhancing students’ CTSs (p = 0.05).
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author Elya Nusantari*
Aryati Abdul
Insar Damopolii
Ali Salim Rashid Alghafri
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title Combination of Discovery Learning and Metacognitive Knowledge Strategy to Enhance Students’ Critical Thinking Skills
title_short Combination of Discovery Learning and Metacognitive Knowledge Strategy to Enhance Students’ Critical Thinking Skills
title_full Combination of Discovery Learning and Metacognitive Knowledge Strategy to Enhance Students’ Critical Thinking Skills
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title_full_unstemmed Combination of Discovery Learning and Metacognitive Knowledge Strategy to Enhance Students’ Critical Thinking Skills
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