PENGARUH FEEDBACK ASEESMEN ESAI URAIAN BEBAS MENGGUNAKAN MEDIA AUDIOVISUAL TERHADAP CARA BERPIKIR KRITIS PESERTA DIDIK SD

Abstract

This research aims to measure the influence of providing feedback and learning using audiovisual media on the critical thinking skills of elementary school students in writing descriptive essays. The method used in this research is a mixed method with a sequential explanatory design using pre-experimental quantitative research in pretest and posttest. Qualitative data collection is done through interviews, observations, and document analysis The research subjects are 27 students from grade V of UPT SD Negeri 49 Gresik, selected using purposive sampling method. The results of this research indicate that the pretest and posttest data were analyzed using normality tests and showed a normal distribution with significance levels of 0.201 > 0.05 and 0.232 > 0.05 respectively. The paired samples t-test yielded a significance level of 0.00, confirming that the improvement did not occur by chance. The gain test resulted in a mean value of 0.7656, indicating that the average results were at a high level of critical thinking. The qualitative data revealed that the use of audiovisual media and feedback in descriptive essay writing improved students' confidence and critical thinking abilities. This indicates that providing feedback and learning through audiovisual media influences the critical thinking skills of students in writing descriptive essays. This research provides an important contribution to the development of effective learning methods to enhance the critical thinking abilities of elementary school students. The results of this study can serve as a basis for the development of more effective learning approaches in improving students' critical thinking skills.   Keywords: assesmen extended responses esay, audiovisual media, critical thingking