Analysis of Junior High School student’s critical thinking skills integrated with the local potential of eremerasa nature tourism

Abstract

Abstract This study aims to determine the critical thinking skills of junior high school students integrated with the local potential of Eremerasa nature tourism. This research used survey method with samples determined by the purposive sampling technique. The research subjects were 70 students of class VIII junior high school students. The instrument used to measure students’ critical thinking skills is 5 items of critical thinking skills test about the interaction of living things with the environment that is integrated with the local potential of Eremerasa natural tourism, the instruments have been developed by researchers and have been validated by experts. Data analysis was performed in quantitative descriptive percentages. The results of the analysis showed that students’ critical thinking skills on indicators finding problems of 38.43%, make hypotheses of 37.30%, solve problems of 36.30%, evaluation of 38.71%, and make conclusions of 34.29%, overall the average of critical thinking skills indicators of junior high school students is 37.06%. The results of this study indicate that the critical thinking skills of junior high school students about the interaction of living things with the environment are integrated with the local potential of Eremerasa nature tourism in the low category.