Analysis of Critical Thinking Aspects in Students’ Essay

Siti Sofyaningrat

2018

Abstract

Critical Thinking (CT) is an essential skill that helps human make every verdict and select a lot of information available. For students, their CT skill can be seen in their academic writing, especially in their essay assignments. However, their essays do not always indicate that they are in charge of their ideas and thinking because they used to pick up people's thought subconsciously. The study is intended to describe the CT aspects which appear in students' essay, and the students’ CT level shown in the students’ essay writing. The method used in this research is a qualitative descriptive method. Data are obtained through the analysis of the essays using the University of Louisville's CT rubric. The results show that only two CT aspects that always appear in students' essays: claim and assumption.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Sofyaningrat S. (2018). Analysis of Critical Thinking Aspects in Students’ Essay. In Proceedings of the 1st Bandung English Language Teaching International Conference - Volume 1: BELTIC, ISBN 978-989-758-416-9, pages 182-191. DOI: 10.5220/0008215500002284

in Bibtex Style

@conference{beltic18,
author={Siti Sofyaningrat},
title={Analysis of Critical Thinking Aspects in Students’ Essay},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st Bandung English Language Teaching International Conference - Volume 1: BELTIC,},
year={2018},
pages={182-191},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008215500002284},
isbn={978-989-758-416-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st Bandung English Language Teaching International Conference - Volume 1: BELTIC,
TI - Analysis of Critical Thinking Aspects in Students’ Essay
SN - 978-989-758-416-9
AU - Sofyaningrat S.
PY - 2018
SP - 182
EP - 191
DO - 10.5220/0008215500002284