Studi Literatur Pengaruh Metode Pembelajaran Inkuiri Terhadap Kemampuan Berpikir Kritis Siswa Menengah Kejuruan

Literature Research Related to the Effect of Inquiry Learning Methods in Learning Process of Students Critical Thinking Skills 

Development of industry in the world of work causes problem solving skills to be improved in every human resource. This changes the way people view education in schools. Education must be able to prepare students who can meet the criteria for these skills. Based on this statement, the author will conduct literature research related to the efect of the aplication inquiry method in learning process on students' critical thinking skills. The literature research that will be carried out has the aim of knowing the effect of applying the inquiry method in learning process of students to critical thinking skills. The method will be used is the SLR (Systematic Literature Review) method. The results of the review and analysis of each literature conclude that there was a positive influence on critical thinking skills in vocational students after the teaching and learning process was carried out by applying inquiry learning. Students also have an increase in learning outcomes in several research literatures that had been analyzed and obtained a positive response from students when conducting inquiry-based learning. So from the analysis of several related literature, it can be concluded that the implementation of the inquiry method in the teaching and learning process is effectively used in the learning of Vocational High School students in order to improve students' critcal thinking skill.