The Effect of Problem-Solving Training to Improve Students Critical Thinking and Decision-Making Skills: Racked Analysis

Kadek Suranata; I Putu Agus  Apriliana; Ifdil Ifdil

doi:10.46637/ach.v1i1.4

The Effect of Problem-Solving Training to Improve Students Critical Thinking and Decision-Making Skills: Racked Analysis

Kadek Suranata

Department Guidance and Counseling, Faculty of Education, Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha

Indonesia
I Putu Agus Apriliana

Department Guidance and Counseling, Faculty of Education, Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha

Indonesia
Ifdil Ifdil

Department Guidance and Counseling, Faculty of Education, Universitas Negeri Padang

Indonesia

10.46637/ach.v1i1.4
Published: 15 October 2020
Page: 1-9

Abstract

Critical thinking and decision-making skills are essential for non-cognitive capabilities for students in the era of the industrial revolution. This is pilot study designed to measure the effect of problem-solving training in school counseling programs to improving students' critical thinking and decision-making skills. The one group pre-post test experimental design applied in this study. This study involved 35 second-grade students of SMA Negeri 4 Singaraja, Bali, Indonesia. Students critical thinking and decision-making skills are measured by 13 items of critical thinking and decision-making scales. The Racked analysis by Rasch Model is conducted to seek the treatment effects for 6-times (55 minutes) counseling session on students' critical thinking and decision-making skills. The results demonstrated that students' critical thinking and decision-making skills is increase in each of the 13 scales used. The effect was consistent for a man and woman participants. This findings show that problem-solving training in counseling programs affects students' critical thinking and decision-making skills.

Keywords

Racked analysis
Critical thinking skill
Students in senior high school

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How to Cite

Suranata, K., Apriliana, I. P. A. ., & Ifdil, I. (2020). The Effect of Problem-Solving Training to Improve Students Critical Thinking and Decision-Making Skills: Racked Analysis. Acta Counseling and Humanities, 1(1), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.46637/ach.v1i1.4

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