Track: Global Business Management Education
Abstract
21st-century learning is a process that emphasizes 4C attainment, namely creativity, collaboration, communication, and critical thinking. Critical thinking had a significant part in enhancing students' skills in problem-solving. The model used in the learning process affects students' critical thinking skills. The purpose of this study is to understand students' critical thinking skills in SMA Negeri 7 Surakarta on dynamic fluid material taught with a problem-based learning model-assisted mind map. This study used the descriptive quantitative method. Data were collected by giving an essay test that used five critical thinking skills indicators by Ennis. Tests were given to 30 students. The test result showed the average of critical thinking skills of students per indicator, for the elementary clarification 85.83 is very high, the basis for the decision 80 is high, inference 66.67 is high, advanced clarification 41.66 is moderate, and strategies and tactics 70.83 is high. The average critical thinking skills of all students is 69 and can be classified as a high category. Based on the test result, the critical thinking skills of 36.67% of students are moderate, 53.33% of students are high, and 10% of students are very high categorized. This research particularly provides benefits for teachers to determine the critical thinking skills of students who are taught by conducting a problem-based learning model-assisted mind map. This can be one of the recommendations for teachers in implementing learning models that support students' critical thinking skills, particularly during online learning.