The Effect of Logan Avenue Problem Solving - Heuristic Model on the Students’Critical Thinking Skills

摘要

The purpose of this research is to know the effect of Logan Avenue Problem Solving (LAPS) model - Heuristic on the students’ critical thinking ability who takes Course of Learning Evaluation, Office Administration Education at Faculty of Economics, State University of Malang. The type of this research is quantitative research with experimental research type using Quasi-Experimental Designs research. The object studied is divided into two classes, namely experiment class and control class. The experimental class is treated by applying LAPS - Heuristic. The control class is not treated and continues to apply the lecture learning model. The result of the research shows the difference of students' critical thinking ability between the experimental class and the control class. Hypothesis test analysis data show that students 'critical thinking ability using LAPS - Heuristic is higher than students' critical thinking ability by using lecture. Advantages of LAPS - Heuristic is that students have been accustomed to being exposed to problems and analyzing problems so as to effectively train students' critical thinking skills.