摘要:The present study was an attempt to investigate the effect of Problem-BasedLearning (PBL), Predict, Observe, Explain (POE), and the combination of both(PBLPOE) on students’ critical thinking skills and scientific attitudes in Biology.A pretest-posttest nonequivalent control group design was employed in this studyand 132 tenth-grade students from Bengkulu, Indonesia was involved. This studywas carried out from February to June 2018. An essay test was administered toassess the participants' critical thinking skills, and a checklist and an interviewguideline were used to observe the students' scientific attitudes. The results of theANCOVA analysis showed that PBL, POE, and PBLPOE had an effect on thestudents’ critical thinking skills and scientific attitudes in Biology with pvalue<0.005. The results of the LSD test indicated that PBLPOE was notsignificantly different from PBL, but differed considerably from POE andconventional in improving students’ critical thinking. Also, LSD test on thestudents' scientific attitudes showed that PBLPOE differed significantly from PBL,POE, and conventional in enhancing students’ scientific attitudes. The highestpost-test score was observed in the PBLPOE classroom. Therefore, PBLPOE canbe used to improve students’ performance in Biology.