Critical Thinking Skill Improvement Using Problem Based Learning (PBL) Model of 4th Grade Students of Elementary School

This research has begun from the problem of the lack of teachers involving students in the learning process, the learning received by students was not concretely connected with daily life, and the lack of student involvement in building critical thinking skills. This results in low critical thinking skills of students. This study aims to improve students' critical thinking skills in learning through PBL models of 4th grade students of Elementary School in 11 Air Camar. This type of research used Classroom Action Research (CAR) which was intended to contribute to the improvement of knowledge, style, techniques and methods of teachers in the classroom, and to provide insight into the behavior of teachers and students in applying learning. The research was conducted at Padang Air Elementary School 11 Air Camar in August to December 2018. The subjects in this study were fourth grade students of Air Camar 11 Elementary School, consisting of 16 students consisting of 16 boys and 10 female students. Based on the results of the study it can be concluded that through the PBL Model can improve critical thinking skills of fourth grade students in learning of elementary school 11 Air Camar, Padang City