Students’ mathematical critical thinking reviewed from self-regulated learning

Abstract

Abstract Critical thinking is the ability to think logically, reflectively, and productively which is applied to produce a good decision. Therefore, it is necessary for mathematics learning. This study aims to analyze the students’ mathematical critical thinking in solving numerical analysis problems in terms of self-regulated learning (SRL). The subjects of this study were the seventh semester students of mathematics education at Universitas PGRI Madiun, selected using purposive sampling technique. The instrument in this study was a test for mathematical thinking analysis and a self-regulated learning questionnaire for subject selection. The results suggest that students with high and intermediate SRL are both having a good ability to make generalizations, identify and justify concepts, while students with low SRL only have a good ability to make generalizations, but performed low on the ability to identify and justify the concepts of analysing algorithm.