Improving Critical Thinking Ability in Reading Literacy in Advent Supiori SMP Students
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https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/7YX9JKeywords:
Increasing critical thinking skills, reading literacyAbstract
This study discusses reading literacy which is a person's ability to use potential and skills in processing and understanding information when carrying out reading and writing activities. Through literacy skills, a person not only gains knowledge but can also use his knowledge and experience to be used as a reference in the future.
As an educator at the Supiori Adventist Middle School, I encountered a problem which was the result of my question and answer observation as an educator that most students were unable to understand or analyze exam questions. The limitations of the standard Indonesian vocabulary also affect the way students give correct answers verbally, thus making the answers shallow. More about the background of the geographical conditions of the area of origin of the students at Supiori Advent Middle School, it has a considerable impact on how they communicate in correct Indonesian.
This research method uses a qualitative descriptive method with the type of Classroom Action Research (CAR). This research is an effort to improve the learning process and improve student learning outcomes in Indonesian, especially reading texts. This Classroom Action Research is used because the problems that occur in the classroom are related to the implementation of teaching and learning activities.
Based on the results of classroom action research in Class VIII of SMP Advent Supiori which has been carried out through several actions, namely cycle I and cycle II, as well as based on discussion and assessment it can be concluded that there is an increase in critical thinking in Class VIII students of SMP Advent Supiori in reading literacy.
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