The Analysis of Students’ Ability in Thinking Based on Cognitive Learning Style

Abstract

This research was conducted in October-November 2019 and aims to describe students' abilities in critical, creative, communicative, and collaborative thinking based on cognitive learning style. To make known the achievement of the objectives of the study, research subjects have been chosen that have a cognitive style in learning. Cognitive style is individual style in thinking, perception and remembering information influencing someone's learning and interacting in class as well as referencing influencing in accordance with the environment, social interaction, and personal characteristics. After having a lecture, 35 second year mathematics students at “Budi Utomo” Institute of Teacher Training and Education who are taking Calculus as a research subject were given questionnaire of the group embedded figure test (GEFT). The Questionnaire consisting of the indicators of critical, creative, communicative, and collaborative thinking skills. The score of each single subject of study is the data of the study in the form of qualitative descriptive. Critical thinking skills are categorized into 5 levels, namely very critical, critical, moderately critical, uncritical and very uncritical. Likewise, the ability to think creatively, communicatively and collaboratively are categorized into 5 levels. The final results of the research show statistically that the thinking skills of the research subjects are in the critical category, creative enough, very communicative and collaborative.