An analysis of critical thinking skills among students studying chemistry using guided inquiry models

The purpose of this study is to analyze the critical thinking skills of learners. The subjects in this study were 75 students of class X in SMAN 3 Mataram. The research type was a quasi-experiment. A test comprising 14 problems was used to collect experimental data. Five critical thinking indicators were studied: interpretation, analysis, evaluation, inference, and explanation. The research results show that the guided inquiry model is able to develop students’ critical thinking skills, especially on indicators of interpretation (70%), analysis (53%), and evaluation (59%).