Note-Taking Pairs Strategy Towards Students’ Critical Thinking Ability In Reading Comprehension

This study aimed to seek the effect of the Note-Taking Pairs strategy on the students' critical thinking skill in reading comprehension. This study used an experimental method with pre-test and post-test design. The research sample covered class XI-IPA2 which was used as an experimental group and consisted of 26 students and class XI-IPA1 was used as a control group consisting of 26 students. The instruments used in collecting data were reading test in the form of multiple-choice and observation sheets of critical thinking skills. The finding data were subsequently analyzed by using SPSS 18. The t-test results showed that the t-test value (1.754) was higher than the t-table (1.671) at the significance level 0.05. Therefore, based on these results, it can be concluded that there is a positive effect from the use of the Note-Taking Pairs strategy on the students' critical thinking skill in reading comprehension at the eleventh-grade students of SMAN 2 Narmada

Dampak Penggunaan Gadget Pada Kemampuan Interaksi Sosial Siswa Kelas V Sekolah Dasar

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui dampak penggunaan gadget pada kemampuan interaksi sosial siswa kelas V Sekolah Dasar Desa Kondang Jaya RT 54 / RW 06 Kecamatan Karawang Timur Kabupaten Karawang. Adapun penelitian yang digunakan yaitu deskriptif kualitatif dengan angket sebagai instrumen penelitian dan 10 orang siswa kelas V sebagai responden. Teknik pengumpulan data untuk perhitungan angket dilakukan dengan sakala Guttman yang mempunyai rentang skala presentase antara 0% sampai 50%, 50%, 50% sampai 100% dengan hasil presentase titik kesuaiannya di atas 50% yaitu 66.5%. Hasil penelitian menunjukan sebanyak 66.5% penggunaan gadget mendekati berdampak pada kemampuan interaksi sosial siswa kelas V Sekolah Dasar di Desa Kondang Jaya RT 54 / RW 06 Kecamatan Karawang Timur Kabupaten Karawang. Kata kunci:  Dampak penggunaan gadget, interaksi sosial The purpose of this study was determine the impact of the use of gadgets on the sosial interaction abilities of 5th grade elementary school student Desa Kondang Jaya RT 54 / RW 06 Kecamatan Karawang Timur Kabupaten Karawang. The research used is descriptive qualitative with a questionnaire as a research instrument and 10 fifth grade elementary school students as respondents. Data collection techniques for qustionare calculations performed with the Guttman skala has a percentage scale ranging from 0% to 50%, 50%, 50% to 100% with results of the percentage point of conformity above 50% that is 66.5%. The results showed as much as 66.5% of the use of gadgets could have an impact on the ability of social interaction grade 5 elementary school students in Desa Kondang Jaya RT 54 / RW 06 Kecamatan Karawang Timur Kabupaten Karawang. Keywords : the impact of gadget usage, social interaction capabilitie