Tahap Kemahiran dan Kecenderungan Pemikiran Kritis Murid Tingkatan Dua dalam Mata Pelajaran Kemahiran Hidup Bersepadu (KHB) di Negeri Kedah dan Hubungannya THE LEVEL OF CRITICAL THINKING SKILL AND DISPOSITION OF FORM TWO STUDENTS IN INTERGRATED LIVING SKILL SUBJECT IN KEDAH AND ITS RELATIONSHIP
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This research evaluates the level of critical thinking skills and the disposition of critical thinking among the form students from two secondary schools in Kuala Muda and Yan, Kedah and the relationship between the two variables. The dimensions of critical thinking skills that are analysed in this study were 1) Induction; 2) Deduction; 3) The credibility of the statement; and 4) Identifying Assumptions and for the level of critical thinking disposition students were inovation aspect, and also the involvement aspect and cognitive maturity aspect. The instrument used in this study are Cornell Critical Thinking Test to evaluate the level of critical thinking and to assess the level of critical thinking disposition to use instruments of University of Florida - Engagement, Maturity and Innovativeness (UF/EMI). Both the instrument is adapted to the Malay and testing randomly assigned to 370 students. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics such as mean, standard deviation and percentage. While statistical inference is also used to analyse the data for the Pearson correlation between the two variables. The findings showed that the level of critical thinking skills of students in form two in intergrated living skills subjects at Kedah are on the lower level. While the tendency is on critical thinking disposition were strong relationship between the level of critical thinking skills and critical thinking disposition showed a positive relationship between the two variables.
Penyelidikan ini menilai tahap kemahiran pemikiran kritis dan tahap kecenderungan pemikiran kritis dalam kalangan murid tingkatan dua di Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan di Daerah Kuala Muda dan Yan, Kedah dan melihat hubungan antara kedua-dua pemboleh ubah. Dimensi-dimensi kemahiran pemikiran kritis yang dianalisis dalam kajian ini ialah 1) Induksi; 2) Deduksi; 3) Kredibiliti Peryataan; dan 4) Mengenal Pasti Andaian manakala bagi tahap kecenderungan pemikiran kritis murid pula meliputi aspek inoviasi, kematangan kognitif dan juga penglibatan. Instrumen yang digunakan dalam kajian ini ialah ujian pemikiran kritis Cornell (Cornell Critical Thinking Test) bagi menilai tahap pemikiran kritis dan bagi mengukur tahap kecenderungan pemikiran kritis menggunakan instrumen University of Florida – Engagement, Maturity and Innovativeness (UF/EMI). Kedua-dua instrument ini diadaptasikan ke dalam bahasa Melayu dan diberi pengujian secara rawak kepada 370 orang murid. Analisis data menggunakan statistik deskriptif seperti min, sisihan piawai dan peratusan. Manakala statistik inferensi juga digunakan untuk menganalisis data iaitu Korelasi Pearson bagi melihat hubungan antara kedua-dua pemboleh ubah. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan bahawa tahap kemahiran pemikiran kritis murid tingkatan dua dalam mata pelajaran Kemahiran Hidup Bersepadu (KHB) di negeri Kedah berada pada tahap lemah. Manakala tahap kecenderungan pemikiran kritis berada pada tahap kuat dan hubungan antara kemahiran pemikiran kritis dengan kecenderungan pemikiran kritis pula menunjukkan wujudnya hubungan yang positif antara kedua-dua pembolehubah.
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