Enhancing Critical Thinking Skills of Biology Education Students Using Online Formative Assessment

Abstract

The study of online application of formative assessment in general biology courses aims to improve critical thinking skills of biology education students. This research subject is biology education students in the first semester. This research is preliminary studies that uses e formative assessment as a reflective tool to improve the critical thinking skills of biology education students. The measurement results showed a significant improvement of the critical thinking skills of students of biology education. Formative Assessment as a reflective thinking instruments is needed by students’ perceptions of something, this perception will emerge if we direct it and we facilitate it continuously.