Assessing the Pedagogical Influence of the Treffinger Model on Secondary Students’ Mathematical Critical Thinking Performance

Abstrak

This research is motivated by the importance of improving students' mathematical critical thinking skills through the application of innovative learning models. This research aims to compare the mathematical critical thinking skills of students in the learning process by applying the Treffinger and Problem Based Learning (PBL) models, while analyzing the impact of applying the Treffinger model on improving these capabilities. The study was conducted using a quasi-experimental approach, involving all tenth-grade students at a public high school in Kendari City as the population. Two classes were used as the research sample, with X Merdeka 1 as the experimental class and X Merdeka 2 as the control class. The data for this research were collected using observation sheets and mathematical critical thinking ability tests, Research data were collected using observation sheets and mathematical critical thinking ability tests, then analyzed using descriptive and inferential methods. The research findings revealed that the average mathematical critical thinking skills scores of students in the Treffinger class were superior to those in the PBL class, and the difference was found to be statistically significant. In addition, the results of the observation showed that the implementation of learning in both classes went well, with the activities of teachers and students in the Treffinger class relatively in line with those in the PBL class. In general, the results of the study showed that the application of the Treffinger model was more effective in improving students' mathematical critical thinking skills and had the potential to be one of the alternative learning strategies for developing higher-order thinking skills at the secondary school level.

Kata kunci

• Critical thinking
• learning models
• treffinger learning model