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Critical thinking skills can be developed using a learning strategy. Analogy strategy is one of the strategies designed for the passive students with low critical thinking skills. This study aimed to use analogy in biology learning especially in biodiversity and environment topics towards students' critical thinking learning. The study used an experimental pretest-posttest design and a control group design. The research was conducted in 2014. The sample was taken with simple random sampling with 120 students. The results showed that the average value of the pre-post test score of the experimental class was 51.8 and 64.76, while the average score of a pre-post test of the control class was 47.9 and 58.28. Based on the t-test results obtaining t-value of 2.67, the t-value was higher than t-table, which showed using an analogy in biology learning had an effect on students' critical thinking skills. This is related to the analogy learning process step that students can discuss in the learning process. The conclusion of this study was that analogy strategy had an effect for students' critical thinking skills.
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Universal Journal of Educational Research 8(4A): 45-50, 2020 http://www.hrpub.org
DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2020.081807
Analogy and Critical Thinking Skills: Implementation
Learning Strategy in Biodiversity and
Environment Topic
Ade Suryanda*, Eka Putri Azrai, Mutia Nuramadhan, Ilmi Zajuli Ichsan
Department of Biology Education, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, Universitas Negeri Jakarta, Indonesia
Received October 8, 2019; Revised January 27, 2020; Accepted March 24, 2020
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Abstract Critical thinking skills can be developed
using a learning strategy. Analogy strategy is one of the
strategies designed for the passive students with low
critical thinking skills. This study aimed to use analogy in
biology learning especially in biodiversity and
environment topics towards students' critical thinking
learning. The study used an experimental pretest-posttest
design and a control group design. The research was
conducted in 2014. The sample was taken with simple
random sampling with 120 students. The results showed
that the average value of the pre-post test score of the
experimental class was 51.8 and 64.76, while the average
score of a pre-post test of the control class was 47.9 and
58.28. Based on the t-test results obtaining t-value of 2.67,
the t-value was higher than t-table, which showed using an
analogy in biology learning had an effect on students'
critical thinking skills. This is related to the analogy
learning process step that students can discuss in the
learning process. The conclusion of this study was that
analogy strategy had an effect for students' critical thinking
skills.
Keywords Analogy, Biology Learning, Critical
Thinking Skills
1. Introduction
The conventional biology learning process usually
emphasizes the process of memorizing knowledge, so that
it cannot develop students' skills, especially critical
thinking skills. The use of learning methods that are low
variations and focus on textbooks which make students
bored because they only emphasize the low cognitive
aspects. The teacher only focuses on improving students
'cognitive abilities at a low level, so that students' critical
thinking skills are still relatively not too high [1,2].
Critical thinking is a process that aims to make decisions
about a problem and solve it [3,4]. Critical thinking skills
in secondary schools have not received more attention to be
developed optimally. Students' critical thinking skills are
needed, such as thinking that involves testing, connecting
and evaluating all aspects of a situation or problem,
including gathering, organizing, remembering and
analyzing information [5,6]. Critical thinking is needed by
students in developing their knowledge because in social
life, they had problems in daily lives. The existing
problems need a good solution so that they can make the
right decision. This decision is adjusted with facts and clear
information. Students' critical thinking skills can be
improved and developed in learning activities. Learning
activities lead students to be ready to be confronted with
problematic situations and sensitive to problems. One of
them can be tried to implement learning activities using an
analogy learning strategy. Studentscritical thinking is still
low and must be improved [7-8]
The analogy is one of the learning strategies that can be
applied in delivering topics in class. The analogy can be
used to solve learning communication difficulties between
teachers and students, especially when students had
learning difficulties in understanding new teaching topics
that have a similarity in the flow of thinking with previous
teaching topics [9]. This similarity in the flow of thought
describes the topic being studied so that a referral concept
that has been taught and understood well by students is
needed. Then, the reference concept is developed to
explain the target concept, which is the concept of a new
teaching topic. Analogy presents early examples or simple
representations of scientific concepts. The teacher usually
introduces the introduction first in the explanation to
students through word expressions in the form of, exactly,
and similarly [10,11].
Introducing the concept of targets to students is the first
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step in learning using an analogy. The second step is to
remind analog concepts that are known to students, for
example, the analog concept used is lego. After
determining the target concept and its analogous concept,
the next step is to identify the relevant things of the two, for
example, a cell is likened to a lego part so that a lego that is
put together can form a toy house while a cell if put
together will form a large thing like human. From this, it
can be related to the same thing from the analog concept
and the target concept and then it can be chosen which
analogy is not appropriate between the analog concept and
the target concept. In the final stage, students can give
conclusions from the topics learned and can make their
own cell analogy [12,13]. A comprehensive comparison
between the two concepts can broaden the horizons of both
teachers and students and prevent misconceptions by
maintaining true preconceptions or changing students'
concept maps of thinking from false preconceptions to true
concepts according to the theory applicable to a particular
teaching topic [1416].
Previous research on critical thinking has been carried
out relating to the effects of using various learning models
[15,17,18]. In addition, research has also been carried out
relating to the use of analogy learning strategy [8,9,19].
However, there is still little research that measures
students' critical thinking using analogy learning strategy.
Based on this, it is necessary to conduct research on the use
of analogy strategy in biology learning and their effects on
students' critical thinking skills. This study aimed to
determine the use of analogy in biology learning and their
effect on critical thinking skills of high school students on
the topic of biodiversity and environment.
2. Methods
The study was conducted at SMA Negeri 1 Tambun
Selatan in September-October 2014. The research method
used was experiment with a quasi-experimental design.
The variable investigated in this study is the use of
analogy (X) strategy in biology learning on the topic of
biodiversity and the environment on students' critical
thinking skills (Y). The research design used was a
pretest-posttest experimental and control group. The
research sample were 120 students consisting of 60
students in the experimental class and 60 students in the
control class. Sample was carried out by simple random
sampling. Instruments will be given at the beginning of
learning (pretest) and the end of learning (posttest). The
test was in the form of a description of the topic of
biodiversity and the environment to measure students'
critical thinking skills.
The indicator instrument of students' critical thinking
skills is shown in Table 1. The results of the students'
critical thinking skills test scores are classified based on
the category of students' critical thinking skills. The
critical level thinking category with a score scale consists
of five categories, from very high (90-100), high (79-89),
moderate (65-78), low (56-64) and very low (0-55)
category [20]. In addition to measuring the students'
critical thinking skills, observations are also made using
the observation sheet of the implementation of learning.
Table 1. Indicator of Students' Critical Thinking Skills question
No.
Aspect
Indicator
1
Communication
Explain and identify the main problem
2
Analysis
Identify the influence of other aspects of
the problem
3
Point of View
Use your own point of view in solving
problems
4
Information
Use clear and trusted information
sources
5
Assumptions
Evaluate assumptions from existing
information
6
Conclusions
Provide conclusions related to answers
to problems
Source: Indicators adapted from Ennis [3]
Meanwhile, learning by analogy has implementation
steps developed by Glynn, Taashobshirazi, dan Fowler
[21], starting from introducing the concept of the target to
students. Furthermore, it reminds analog concepts that are
known to students, identifies relevant things from analog
concepts and target concepts, connects the same things
from analog concepts and target concepts, shows where
analogy are incompatible between analog concepts and
target concepts. The final stage of learning using an
analogy strategy is making conclusions.
3. Result and Discussion
The highest pretest and posttest scores were 65 and 82.
The results of the pretest and posttest scores in the
experimental class are grouped based on 5 categories that
have a certain range of values, which can be seen in Table
2.
Table 2. Critical thinking skills score in the experimental class
No
Interval
score
Category
Frequency of
students
Pre
Post
Pre
Post
1
0-55
Very low
45
9
75%
15%
2
56-64
Low
15
21
25%
35%
3
65-78
Moderate
-
24
0%
40%
4
79-89
High
-
6
0%
10%
5
90-100
Very High
-
-
0%
0%
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The results of the pretest and posttest scores in the
control class were grouped by 5 categories that have a
certain range of values, which can be seen in Table 3.
Table 3. Critical thinking skills score in the control class
No
Interval
score
Category
Frequency of
students
Percentage
Pre
Post
Pre
Post
1
0-55
Very low
52
24
86,7
%
40%
2
56-64
Low
8
20
13,3
%
33,3%
3
65-78
Moderate
-
16
0%
26,7%
4
79-89
High
-
-
0%
0%
5
90-100
Very High
-
-
0%
0%
The average score of the test before and after treatment
in the experimental class and the control class is different.
The average pretest score in the experimental class was
51.28 while in the control class was 47.9. The average
posttest scores in both classes were 64.76 and 58.28,
respectively. Comparison of the average pretest and
posttest scores in the experimental class and the control
class can be seen in Table 4.
Table 4. Comparison Critical thinking skills score
No
Classes
Pre
Post
1
Experiment
51.28
64.76
2
Control
47.90
58.28
The results of the critical thinking skills test scores of the
experimental class showed that there were no students in
the very high category, high category with 6 students, the
moderate category with 24 students, the low category with
21 students, and very low categories with 9 students (see
Table 5).
Table 5. Frequency of Students Critical thinking score
No
Category
Frequency of students
Experiment
Control
1
Very low
9
24
2
Low
21
20
3
Moderate
24
16
4
High
6
-
5
Very High
-
-
The activities carried out by the teacher and students
during the study were observed using the observation sheet
of the implementation of the learning. The percentage of
observations of the feasibility of the experimental class and
the control class was shown in Table 6. The average
percentage of the feasibility of the learning done by the
teacher in the experimental class is 86.3%. Whereas the
average percentage of the learning done by the teacher in
the control class is 80.7%. The average percentage of the
feasibility of learning carried out by students in the
experimental class is known to be 77.2%, while the
average percentage of the feasibility of learning carried out
by students in the control class is known to be 80.7%, for
details in Table 6.
Table 6. Feasibility of learning percentage
No
Classes
Teacher
Students
1
Experiment
86.30 %
77.20 %
2
Control
80.70 %
80.70 %
Hypothesis testing using t-test statistical analysis at the
significance level (α) = 0.05. Based on the calculation
results obtained, t-value > t-table is 2.67> 1.98, decision
was rejected Ho, which means there is an influence of the
use of analogy in biology learning on critical thinking
skills of high school students. The existence of this
influence is seen in the differences in the scores of
students' critical thinking skills in the experimental class
and the control class.
The results of the pretest and posttest showed that the
highest experimental class was 65 and 80 while in the
control class were 58 and 74. This showed that the results
of the pretest and posttest in the experimental class were
better than the control class because the scores in the
experimental class were higher. High scores were in the
experimental class because students were directed to
analyze analogy used in learning so that the learning
experience helped students' understanding. Learning
directed at providing direct experience can help students
gain a deeper understanding [22,23].
The average score difference of students' critical
thinking skills using analogy learning strategy was higher
than using the STAD model. This was because in the
learning process by using an analogy involving students'
thinking in connecting analogy used with concepts learned
by students, students are active in expressing their thought
ideas. The analogy can train students' critical thinking
skills and develop positive attitudes, such as critical,
logical and analytical thinking as part of character
education [21,2427].
The analogy learning strategy and the STAD model
applied to have in common, namely group discussion and
presenting the results of group discussion. The analogy
learning strategy influences students' critical thinking
skills because students are directed to express their ideas
and thus help them understand difficult concepts. This is
because analogy can help students build concept bridges
between something that is known and something new and
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help students build their own knowledge [21,24,27].
Learning strategy using analogy has the initial stages of
introducing the concept of targets to students and
reminding analog concepts that are known to students. In
the initial stages, students are directed to know and
recognize the concept of targets and analog concepts
provided by the teacher. Next students analyze the target
concepts and existing analog concepts by identifying
relevant things, linking the same things and mismatches of
the target concepts and analog concepts conveyed by the
teacher and giving conclusions. These stages lead students
to develop their thinking towards the concept of targets
and analogy which are then analyzed for their suitability.
The use of analogy in learning can be described as
concept development and students will develop their
thinking concepts [12,21,2830]. In addition, these stages
lead students in critical thinking, namely the stages of
students’analyzing, identifying relevant things, connecting
the same thing and the incompatible and giving
conclusions. In this case, students involve testing,
connecting, and evaluating all aspects of a situation or
problem, including collecting, organizing, remembering,
and analyzing information in their thought processes
[11,31,32].
Learning by using analogy directs students to develop
their thoughts and knowledge structures on information
provided by the teacher, namely information in the form
of topics, target concepts and analog concepts. Analogy
learning can be said as constructive learning because
students build their own knowledge structures based on
their cognitive abilities. Students knowledge cannot be
transferred from the teacher's mind to the student's mind
but the student is active in building his own knowledge
structure [33,34].
Complex and abstract concepts can be found in natural
science, one of which is biology. The concept can be
explained easily and simply by using an analogy. The use
of analogy is more interesting because of its ability to
explain complicated ideas in familiar terms. This is
because analogy can help in understanding and
communicating the complexity and difficulty of
expressing an idea [28,35].
Learning by using an analogy learning strategy is more
interesting for students learning interests because the
analogy used in conveying concepts is easily known and
uses students' everyday terms. For example, the use of the
supermarket analogy to analogize biodiversity and
environment is a topic that is conveyed at the time of
learning. This is supported by the implementation of good
learning. The use of analogy in learning can improve
students' understanding of scientific concepts. In this case,
the teacher needs to pay attention to the analogy to be
used in conveying a concept to students so that students
do not misunderstand what is conveyed by the teacher
[36-40].
4. Conclusions
Based on the results of the study, it can be concluded
that the use of analogy in biology learning affects the
critical thinking skills of high school students on the topic
of biodiversity and environment. The use of analogy in
learning can be used as an alternative way for teachers to
develop students' critical thinking skills in biology
learning. The use of analogy can make it easier for
students to receive complex biological concepts so that
they are easily understood by students. Based on research,
suggestions can be made that the use of analogy in the
delivery of abstract concepts needs to be well developed
in order to make it easier to understand the concepts to be
conveyed. The need for further research on analogy in
other fields is in order to add references and information
due to the lack of reference material about an analogy for
research, especially on the topic of biology. The use of
analogy should be adjusted and discussed properly in
accordance with the topics used to avoid mistakes.
Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank all the students and
teachers who have been participated in this research. The
authors would also like to thank the expert who validating
the research instrument.
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... Eleştirel düşünme ; ortaya konmuş ölçütlerle problemin değerlendirildiği, tüm verilere ulaştıktan sonra yargılamanın yapıldığı ve sistematik olan düşünme biçimi olarak tanımlanabilir (Korkmaz, 2018). Eleştirel düşünme, karar vermeyi amaçlayan bir süreçtir (Suryanda, 2020). ...
... Critical thinking can be defined as a systematic way of thinking, in which the problem is evaluated with the criteria set forth, and a judgment is made after reaching all the data (Korkmaz, 2018). Critical thinking is a process that aims to make decisions (Suryanda, 2020). Critical thinking is an evaluation process based on criteria such as objective, analysis and synthesis (Arıkan, 2018). ...
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In the research; It was aimed to determine the relationship between critical thinking skills and biodiversity literacy of pre-service science teachers. As a research method, comparative causal and relational research models from descriptive approaches were used together. As data collection tools, the Critical Thinking Skills Scale (CTSS) developed by Yoldaş (2009) and the Biodiversity Literacy Scale (BLS) developed by Gürbüz, Derman and Çakmak (2013) were used. In the study, it was found that there was a significant difference between the girls in terms of critical thinking skills of pre-service science teachers, critical thinking skills predicted biodiversity literacy significantly, and pre-service science teachers with high empathy in critical thinking had a high level of knowledge on the concept of biodiversity. In line with the findings, it can be concluded that people with high critical thinking skills also have high levels of biodiversity literacy, or individuals with biodiversity literacy have high levels of critical thinking skills. As a suggestion for future studies, the researches can be expanded by including other regions instead of only the Aegean region, prospective teachers from other branches can be included in the researches, and the research can be conducted with the teachers who graduated together with the prospective teachers.
... La educación ambiental está dando pasos hacía lo que se denomina "educación para el desarrollo sostenible", donde lo que se prioriza es el compromiso por la sostenibilidad ambiental, social y económica, y donde lo importante no es el conocimiento en sí mismo sino la formación para la acción (Canaza-Choque, 2019). Este tipo de formación debe radicar, entre otros, del dominio de aspectos como el análisis crítico, la empatía, el análisis de las fuentes de información, la toma de decisiones, etc. (Suryanda et al., 2020), pudiendo desarrollar en los escolares una visión realista de la situación ambiental en cada momento, alejada de visiones idealistas, tanto negativistas como positivistas. ...
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Los cuentos favorecen la adquisición del pensamiento complejo, pues ayudan a desarrollar el pensamiento abstracto. Además, aplicados a las ciencias, sirven para introducir la resolución de conflictos humanos y desarrollar la construcción de relaciones de causa y efecto. La finalidad de este trabajo ha sido comprobar cómo elabora el alumnado del Grado en Educación Infantil sus propios cuentos ambientales con unos requisitos determinados y cómo los acompañan de preguntas mediadoras para trabajar la competencia en comprensión lectora y la competencia científica con el alumnado infantil. De los resultados obtenidos en las 32 propuestas planteadas por nuestros estudiantes, se extrajeron logros interesantes con los que se podría afirmar que el uso del cuento ambiental puede ser un recurso educativo interesante para abordar problemáticas y soluciones ambientales en la etapa infantil si se utiliza de manera adecuada en las aulas.
... Kemampuan berpikir matematis terdapat beberapa kajian metode pemikiran yang dapat dilakukan salah satu yang sangat menarik yaitu pemikiran analogi. Pemikiran analogi menurut (Suryanda et al., 2020) dalam hasil penelitiannya disampaikan bahwa berpikir analogi memberikan pengaruh dapat meningkatkan kemampuan berpikir kritis siswa. Selain pemikiran analogi dapat dijadikan salah satu cara berpikir yang dapat mengatsai kesulitan komuniksai belajar siswa (Lee, 2015). ...
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Penyelenggaraan Pendidikan harus berbasis sekolah dengan mengembangkan kemampuan skolastik yang saat ini dikenal dengan istilah literasi dan numerasi. Kemampuan berpikir matematis yang sekaligus dapat menganalogikan suatu permasalahan menjadi suatu hal yang sangat penting sehingga tujuan dari penelitian ini untuk mengetahui kemampuan mahsiswa tentang hal tersebut. Subyek yag diambil 4 orang dengan kemampuan tinggi dan rendah. Penelitian dengan deskriptif kualitatif yang menggunakan hasil penyelesaian soal literasi numerasi yang berbentuk video. Kesimpulanya adalah subyek berkemampuan tinggi memenuhi 2 kriteria sedangkan yang berkemampuan rendah hanya memenuhi 1 kriteria dalam berpikir analogi.
... One of the efforts is by improving environmental learning [22][23] [24]. Schools must operate as preparatory grounds for learners to become environmental ambassadors [25][26] [27][28] [29]. who will assist in providing guidance to the community regarding relevant concepts and science-based actions on disaster mitigation efforts and disaster resilience, specifically on tsunami threat. ...
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This study analyzes the profile of Carita people in the efforts of tsunami disaster mitigation and the role of environmental learning in coping with the disaster, then analyzes the use of environmental learning. The method used is a mixed method of qualitative and quantitative methods. The quantitative method measures various community readiness levels in performing disaster mitigation, whereas the qualitative method is utilized to obtain various further information from the communities using interview technique. There were 88 randomly selected respondents participating in this research. The study results indicate a low land utilization density (below 33%). Indicators suggest a good category, namely: people evacuate when a disaster occurs (86%), rescue during a disaster (96.59%), and try to find new livelihoods (82.95%). In addition, public knowledge of disaster evacuation route is at a good level (87.50%) and there is an increase of 39.77% respondents with improved knowledge after the tsunami disaster occurred. Environmental learning, in this case, plays an important role to provide information to the public relating the efforts in disaster mitigation. The conclusion is that community’s disaster mitigation readiness still requires some improvement through various efforts, one of them is environmental learning with learning media in elementary school.
... From this perspective, the training of teachers in accordance with the principles of education for sustainable development (ESD) (Andić 2020;Suryanda et al. 2020) is established as a priority for the coming years, and thus guarantees that all students acquire theoretical and practical knowledge necessary to promote sustainable development and the SDGs (Canaza-Choque 2019; Biasutti et al. 2018). ...
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The current situation of global change, caused by our way of life and our consumption habits, has negative effects on the social, economic and environmental spheres. To alleviate these changes, from the field of education, various actions focused on sustainability are being carried out. Knowledge of sustainable environmental development is essential in the formation of citizenship, and therefore in education. That is why the purpose of this work is to introduce future primary school teachers to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development established by the UN, as an educational tool for teaching and learning sustainability in classrooms. The 4th Degree of Primary Education students worked at designing a didactic intervention, based on the development of Education for Sustainable Development Competencies (ESDC), complemented with the dissemination on Instagram of visual creations on the SDGs designed for primary education students. As a result, 5 didactic proposals and 84 posts were generated on Instagram with 1131 comments. In conclusion, in teacher training, it is necessary to become familiar with the scientific contents and the various ways of working on them in the classroom, to enable the necessary didactic transfer.
... One way of promoting plant diversity preservation is through the development of teaching materials on the concept of plant growth and development (Supriyatin et al., 2019). Various efforts have been made to empower students to overcome various science and environmental problems Komala et al., 2020;Paristiowati et al., 2019;Sahronih et al., 2019;Suryanda et al., 2020). Based on the discussion, the approach of this study is novel because students' conservation behavior in order to increase awareness of plant biodiversity has not been described. ...
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Environmental degradation triggers the numerous impacts of climate change. This research describes the Higher-Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) of vocational high school students and university students regarding climate change to develop a Smart Trash. The research method used is descriptive method with survey technique. Essay tests are used as the research instrument. The essay questions are comprised of 12 items with 6 indicators. The research finds that the HOTS scores of both vocational and university students are in the very low category, especially in the creative-thinking aspect. The average scores of climate change HOTS for vocational and university students are 25.60 and 30.23, respectively. The research result indicates that Smart Trash as a learning medium should be introduced in the form of project assignments for both vocational and university students. This research concludes that the HOTS score is low and needs an improvement to create a Smart Trash. The suggestion for further research is to improve students’ HOTS in vocational education and universities by developing HOTS learning.
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