INTEGRATED LITERACY LEARNING AND CRITICAL THINKING ABILITY TO DESCRIPTIVE WRITING SKILLS

The article aims to look for the influence of the integrated model of literacy learning and critical thinking ability to the writing skills of descriptive paragraph of elementary school students. This research was conducted in the fourth class of Sekolah Dasar Negeri Harapan Jaya VIII Bekasi Utara. The study design used an experimental method with treatment based on level 2 x 2. Analysis of the data using analysis of variance 2 paths. The results from this study are (1) there are different skills in writing desciptive paragraphs of elementary school students who learn to use the integrated model of visual literacy and integrated of reading literacy learning. (2) There is an interaction between the integrated model of visual literacy learning and integrated reading literacy learning on the skills in writing desciptive paragraphs of elementary school students. (3) Skills in writing desciptive paragraphs of elementary school students who have critical thinking abilities who use the integrated model of visual literacy learning are higher than students who have high thinking abilities who use the integrated model of reading literacy learning. (4) Skills in writing desciptive paragraphs of elementary school students who have low critical thinking abilities who use the integrated model of visual literacy learning are lower than students who have low critical thinking abilities who use the integrated model of reading literacy learning.