The application of the 5-step learning management model to develop analytical thinking skills of grade 10 students

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to compare analytical thinking skills of Grade 10 students before and after through of the 5-Step Learning Model (5 STEPs). This learning management approach helps create a cooperative learning atmosphere and encourages students to express their opinions through analytical thinking, classification, differentiation, and categorization in order to solve problems in various situations appropriately. Moreover, analytical thinking is an essential skill in teaching and learning, and is necessary in a globalized society. It emphasizes learners’ development of analytical thinking skills, while also fostering morality, ethics, values, and desirable characteristics for a good way of life. The sample group of this study consisted of 17 students from Grade 10/11, selected by purposive sampling, since some of the students had problems in analytical thinking skills, including connecting knowledge, understanding content, reasoning, and explaining relationships between lesson content, which are important factors in developing analytical thinking. The research instruments included: (1) lesson plans based on the 5-Step Learning Model (5 STEPs) for Unit 4: Human Rights, and (2) a multiple-choice pretest-posttest consisting of 20 four-option items to measure analytical thinking ability in Unit 4: Human Rights. The statistics used for data analysis were: (1) mean ( ), (2) standard deviation (S.D.), and (3) dependent sample t-test.

              The findings revealed that the analytical thinking ability of Grade 10 students after learning through the 5-Step Learning Model (5 STEPs) was significantly higher than before learning at the .05 level.