Suparmin.
2023. Development of E-Module in Social Studies Based on Local Wisdom to
Improve Students' Critical Thinking Skills in Junior High Schools in Mamuju
Tengah District. Thesis, Social Science Education Study Program, Faculty of
Social Sciences and Law, State University of Surabaya. Advisors: (I) Prof. Dr.
Warsono, M.S and Advisor (II) Dr. Nuansa Bayu Segara, M.Pd.
Keywords:
Teaching materials, e-module, critical
thinking.
Students'
critical thinking skills appeared to be very low, so teachers and students
needed additional learning media or resources that could support their critical
thinking skills in the 21st-century learning era. To address these challenges,
this research aimed to meet the needs of teachers and students by introducing
teaching materials in the form of e-modules or electronic modules in Social
Studies based on local wisdom with suitable and effective in improving
students' critical thinking skills.
This
research and development followed the R&D type with a model developed by
Borg & Gall, consisting of: preliminary study, planning, development of
initial products validated by media and material experts, initial field testing
assessed from the responses of 2 teachers and 16 students, revision of the
initial product, main product testing assessed from the responses of 2 teachers
and 27 students, revision of the main product, operational field testing by
giving pretests and posttests to 32 students, revision of the final product,
and dissemination at Junior High Schools in Mamuju Tengah District. The data
used include qualitative data from interviews, needs analysis, input, and
suggestions from validators, as well as responses from teachers and students.
Quantitative data came from the accumulated scores of validators and responses
from teachers and students, as well as pretest and posttest results.
Quantitative data were analyzed using the N-Gain test, prerequisite tests such
as normality and homogeneity, including Independent t-Test to test hypotheses.
This
study produced an e-module in Social Studies based on local wisdom with a that
could be accessed using the flipped book and Canva applications. The product
was considered feasible and quite effective in improving students' critical
thinking skills. The feasibility test was resulted from media experts received
a "good" category, and material experts received a "very
good" category. Meanwhile, based on the main trial, responses from both
teachers and students received an "excellent" category. The
effectiveness test was resulted by calculating N-Gain showed an average score
of 58.32 for the experimental class, while the average score for the control
class was 35.58. The independent t-test analysis also produced a sig.
(2-tailed) value < 0.05, concluding that there was a difference in students'
critical thinking skills between the experimental class using the product and
the control class not using the product.