摘要:The main problem of this study is the lack of ability to think kriis Elementary School fifth grade students in the learning of Social Sciences.This study uses a quantitative approach with quasi-experimental methods.The study population was the fifth-grade elementary school students in District Ciparay Bandung regency.The sample consisted of 51 students divided into 25 students in the class IV-A as an experimental group and 26 students in the class IV-B as the control group.Instruments used comprises a written test regarding social issues.Quantitative analysis is performed against the average pretest and post test critical thinking skills by using the t-test and Mann Whitney test.The results showed that the differences are critical thinking skills in students using problem-based learning model at initial measurement (pre-test) and the final measurement (post-test).encourage the student can solve his problems with critical thinking,there are no differences in the ability of critical thinking in students who use conventional learning model at initial measurement (pre-test) and the final measurement (post-test),there is an increased critical thinking skill in students whose learning using model-based the problem is higher than students whose learning using conventional learning.
关键词:Problem Based Learning;Critical Thinking;Social Studies