IMPLEMENTATION OF METACOGNITION QUESTIONS THROUGH THE IMPROVE METHOD TO TRAIN STUDENTS’ MATHEMATIC CRITICAL THINKING ABILITY

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This study aims to implement metacognitive questions to train critical thinking skills in mathematics lessons. This type of research is descriptive research. The steps to describe the implementation of these metacognition questions are implementation and evaluation. The number of subjects of this study were 8 students of class XI MIPA SMAN 2 Barru. The calculation of the assessment of mathematics learning outcomes at SMA Negeri 2 Barru with the IMPROVE method on linear program material including the average value is 57.35, the mode value is 54.15, the median is 56.7, the standard deviation is 10.70, the maximum value is 87, the minimum value is 45. Based on The results of these tests, it appears that student learning outcomes on linear program material through the development of metacognition questions in the IMPROVE method are still not optimal. This is due to several factors, namely the obstacles experienced by students in solving questions, incomplete research instruments, and the number of samples which were only 8 people. Optimizing critical thinking skills through the IMPROVE method can be done by overcoming the obstacles experienced by students in solving questions, perfecting research instruments, and using research samples with a total of more than 8 people. In addition, increasing critical thinking skills can also be done using other better learning methods.