Implementation of External Motivation Towards Science Literacy and Critical Thinking Skills of Elementary School Students

Scientific literacy skills and critical thinking skills are two important skills that must be possessed by learners in the face of a challenging era of globalization and all the rapid and dynamic changes in the future. The application of external learning motivation in classroom learning is expected to have a positive influence on scientific literacy and critical thinking skills of students. This study aims to determine the influence of external learning motivation on the ability of science literacy and critical thinking skills of students and analyze the relationship between the ability of science literacy and critical thinking skills of students. The method used in this study is a qualitative research method with a descriptive approach to analysis. The location of this study in SD Shining Stars Mimika Papua Regency with a sample of 15 fifth grade students were taken randomly. The results showed that the application of external learning motivation in science learning in Class V has a positive effect on students ' scientific literacy skills both on indicators of scientific knowledge and on indicators of scientific investigation, as seen from the results of post-test students are higher in pre-test scores of students. In addition, external learning motivation is also able to have a positive influence on students ' critical thinking skills, as seen from the increase in the average value of post-test students compared to pre-test students. The relationship between science literacy and critical thinking skills is positive and is in the category of strong enough. This is based on the results of correlation test with significance value of 0.41 and r value of 0.533. Keywords: External Motivation, Scientific Literacy Skills, Critical Thinking Skills.