The Empowerment of Critical and Creative Thinking (CCT) Skills in Indonesian Language Learning: A Case Study of Online Learning in Secondary School During the COVID-19 Pandemic

—Many studies have been conducted to determine students' critical and creative thinking skills. However, no one has discussed empowering critical and creative thinking skills in online learning during the covid 19 pandemics. Therefore, we aim to explain how students' critical and creative thinking skills learn Indonesian online during the covid 19 pandemics. We use the method qualitative descriptive to analyze the data obtained from the test. The results showed that the students' critical and creative thinking skills had not empowered most students. Therefore, teachers need to design online learning in such a way as to make it easier for students to interact with both teachers and other students actively. The implications of this study are also discussed, along with some recommendations for future studies.