Improving Students' Critical Thinking Trought Gender Issues In Islamic Perspective

ABSTRACT
Name : Dhinar Sari
Student Id : 231 324 383
Faculty/Major : Education and Teacher Training / English Education
Thesis Tittle : Improving Students Critical Thinking Through Gender Issues
in Islamic Perspective

Keywords : Critical Thinking, Gender Issue

Critical thinking is the process of thinking which has specific purpose (proving a point, interpreting what someting meaning, solving a problem). The ability of critical thinking will provide more precise guidance in thinking, working, and helping more accurately determine linkages with other things. Therefore critical thinking is needed by the students. This research was carried out to find out how applicable the gender issues in Islamic perspective to improve students’ critical thinking. This study used quantitave approach. There were 27 students from unit 2 of English department of UIN Ar-Raniry took part in this research. The research used pre-test and post- test and questionnaire to collect the data. Pre-test and post-test use to know how applicable gender issues in Islamic perspective to improve student crtical thinking. Then, for adding the data and for answering second research question, the researcher used questionnaire. This research found that the gender in Islamic perspective was applicable to improve students’ critical thinking. It was shown from the result of pre-test and post-test, the post-test score is higher than pre-test (the mean of pre-test score was 45,67 and mean of post-test score was 65,74). The student has good respond to this method in learning proccess.