Reflective Abilities in Students with a High Level of Self-confidence

Abstract

Abstract Reflective thinking is the student’s ability to actively and carefully answer a given problem. The purpose of this study was to determine the reflective thinking ability of students with high levels of self-confidence. This research is descriptive qualitative, with the researcher as the main instrument and other supporting instruments in the form of a reflective thinking ability test, self-confidence questionnaire, and interview guidelines. The results of the questionnaire showed that there were nine grade VIII B students of SMPN 1 Pundong who had high self-confidence, two subjects in this study were selected by purposive sampling. The results showed that six out of nine students with high self-confidence were able to meet all indicators of reflective thinking. The other three students are only able to meet a fraction of the five indicators. The inability to think reflective because students are not used to linking old knowledge to be used in solving new problems, and students are also less careful in solving problems because students are unable to check the answers that have been obtained.