Critical Thinking in Literature Review Writing Section of Students Theses
Abstract
Abstrak: Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk menggambarkan argumen kritis mahasiswa dan struktur penulisan dalam bab kajian teori skripsi mereka. Untuk mencapai tujuan ini, peneliti menggunakan metode deskriptif. Peneliti mengambil delapan (8) skripsi terbitan dua tahun terakhir (2012-2013) di Program Ptudi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, Universitas Tanjungpura dengan mengaplikasikan teknik purposive sampling. Dalam hal ini, peneliti fokus menganalisa bab kajian teori dari skripsi mahasiswa. Hal ini dikarenakan, pada bab ini dapat menampilkan kemampuan berfikir kritis mahasiswa, khususnya dalam membuat argumen untuk menyampaikan gagasan, pengetahuan, dan pemikiran mereka. Disamping itu, peneliti dapat mendeteksi stuktur penulisan didalamnya. Berdasarkan penemuan penelitian, peneliti menemukan bahwa mahasiswa sebenarnya mampu membuat argumen-argumen. Namun, mereka sering gagal dalam mempertahankan elemen-elemen argumen secara lengkap yang terdiri dari klaim, alasan, bukti, dan kesimpulan. Sebagian paragraf dibuat tanpa sebuah alasan, bukti, ataupun kesimpulan. Sebagian lainnya bahkan dibuat tanpa sebuah alasan beserta bukti atau tanpa alasan, bukti, dan kesimpulan sekaligus. Peneliti juga menemukan bahwa mahasiswa memiliki kesadaran yang baik mengenai kepaduan dalam tulisan mereka. Peneliti menyimpulkan bahwa mahasiswa sebenarnya mampu menunjukkan argumen kritis dalam bab penulisan kajian teori dalam skripsi mereka. Oleh karena itu, peneliti merekomendasikan mahasiswa yang akan menulis skripsi untuk dapat menunjukkan argumen kritis dalam tulisan ilmiah terutama penulisan skripsi.
Kata kunci: berfikir kritis, kajian teori
Abstract: This research was intended to describe the students critical thinking arguments and the writing organization in writing leliterature review section of their theses. To achieve this goal, the researcher used descriptive study as method of this research. The researcher involved eight theses from last two years (2012-2013) of English Education Study Program of Tanjungpura University by applying purposive sampling technique. In this case, the researcher focused on analyzing the literature review section of their theses. It is because the section could represent the students critical thinking skill, particularly, in making arguments to convey their ideas, insight, and thought. Besides, the researcher could detect their writing organization on it. Based on the research findings, the researcher found that the student writers could make arguments. However, they often failed to maintain elements of argument completely that consist of claim, reason, evidence, and conclusion. Some paragraphs were constructed without a reason, an evidence, or conclusion. Some others were even constructed without reason and evidence or without reason, evidence, and conclusion. In addition, the researcher found that the student writers had good concern on cohesiveness of their writing. The reseacher concluded that the student writers, in fact, were able to show their critical thinking arguments in literature review section of their theses. Therefore, the researcher recomended future student writers to show their critical thinking arguments in academic writing, particularly, thesis writing.
Keywords: critical thinking, literature review
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