The Effect of Dynamic Problem-Solving Learning Strategy on Students' Critical Thinking Skills

This study aims to examine the effect of dynamic problem-solving learning strategies on students' critical thinking skills. This research employed a quantitative approach with a true experimental design in the form of a posttest-only control group design. The population of this study was drawn from all first-year undergraduate students in the academic year 2022/2023 of the Physics department in the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at Universitas Negeri Makassar. The sample was determined using simple random sampling, resulting in 25 students in the experimental group and 27 students in the control group. Based on the data analysis, it was found that the implementation of dynamic problem-solving learning strategies was well-executed and highly rated in terms of management, according to expert judgement. Meanwhile, the analysis results of the critical thinking skills of students in the experimental group were 80.10 in average and 59.81 in the control group. The analysis of the impact of physics learning strategies on students' critical thinking skills yielded a value of 0.00, which is smaller than 0.05. Therefore, it can be concluded that dynamic problem-solving learning strategies have a significant impact on students' critical thinking skills.