THE IMPACT OF ENVIRONMENTAL-CARE CHARACTER TO STUDENTS’ CRITICAL THINKING THROUGH THE LEARNING OF SOCIO-SCIENTIFIC ISSUE (SSI) WITH PICTORIAL RIDDLE METHOD

Abstract

This research was aimed to know the impact of SSI learning with pictorial method on critical thinking skills and environmental care character as well as to identify the impact of the environmental care character to students’ critical thinking. This research used quasi-experimental design and its type wascorrelational research in which the sample was obtained by purposive sampling. The instruments used in this research were questionnaires to assess the environmental care-character and to measure students’ critical thinking skills. Yet, the Pictorial Riddle method used were comic and Student Activity Sheets (SAS). The hypothesis test was done by t test and regression test. Based on the data analysis, the result ofthe right side of t test showed that students’ critical thinking skills and environmental care character from the experiment-class were better than the control class. Then, a linear-regression test was performed, it obtained anequationŶ= 22,05 + 0.733 X with coefficient correlation as much as 0.54. It implied that there was a positive relationship between environmental-care character and critical thinking skills. Next, the data was analyzed to know the coefficient determination (r2) and the result was 0.29. Based on the results, it could be concluded that 29% of students’ critical thinking skills was influenced by the value of their environmental-care character, while the rest (71%) was influenced by other factors.

Keywords: critical thinking, environmental care character, socio scientific issues, pictorial riddle