PEMBELAJARAN LITERASI DIGITAL TERHADAP KEMAMPUAN BERFIKIR KRITIS PADA MAHASISWA FKIP UNIVERSITAS RIAU

Abstract

This study aims to determine the effect of digital literacy learning on critical thinking skills in students of the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Riau University. This research is motivated by the problems that occur in the campus environment, namely the low critical thinking skills of students in responding to digital information, making it difficult to distinguish valid and invalid information which causes students to be affected by hoax information. This research is a quantitative research with survey method. The population in this study consisted of the class of 2021 and the class of 2022, totaling 2,695 people. The sample size in this study was 96 students. The data collection instruments used were questionnaires and documentation. The data processing used IBM SPPS Version 24. This research analysis uses prerequisite tests, namely descriptive analysis, normality test, linearity test, F test, simple linear regression test and determination coefficient test. The results of the F test show that the value of Fhitung ≥ Ftabel or 113.57 ≥ 3.94 with a significant level of 0.00 which means less than 0.05, so Ho is rejected and Ha is accepted, so it can be concluded that the digital literacy learning variable has a positive effect on the critical thinking ability variable in students. The coefficient of determination is obtained at 57.4 while the remaining 45.3 is influenced by other variables not examined in this study.