Critical Thinking, Creative Thinking, and Metacognitive Ability: Preliminary Investigation of Biology Teacher Candidates at Siliwangi University
Dani Ramdani(a,b), Herawati Susilo,(a*) Suhadi (a), Sueb(a), Hidayah Mohd. Fadzilm (c)

a) Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Sciences, Universitas Negeri Malang, Jl. Semarang 5 Malang 65145, Indonesia
b) Department of Biology, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Siliwangi, Jl Siliwangi 24 Tasikmalaya 46115, Indonesia *herawati.susilo.fmipa[at]um.ac.id
c) Department of Mathematics & Science Education Faculty of Education, Universiti Malaya, Jl. Pofesor Diraja Ungku Aziz, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Abstract

This research is a preliminary study conducted to describe the critical, creative and metacognitive thinking profile of students of the Biology Education undergraduate program at Siliwangi University. This research was conducted on 105 students who are active undergraduate students in the biology education program at Siliwangi University. The instrument for measuring critical and creative thinking uses a written test while the metacognitive use the metacognitive awareness inventory (MAI). After getting the data, then the data was analyzed quantitatively and descriptively. The results showed that the average score of critical thinking was in the sufficient category, creative thinking was in the poor category and metacognitive was in a good category. This study interprets the three abilities in the East Priangan area and can be used as a basis for consideration to determine the next step in activating critical thinking skills, creative thinking, and metacognitive. The rubrics for critical thinking, creative thinking, and assessment are based on each of the indicators described in this article

Keywords: Critical thinking, creative thinking, metacognitive, preliminary investigation

Topic: Biology Education