Critical reasoning ability of junior high school students on relation and function materials with connecting, organizing, reflecting, extending (CORE) models

This research is a research design with a qualitative descriptive type of research that aims to see students’ critical reasoning abilities in relation to and function material using a Connecting, Organizing, Reflecting, Extending (CORE) model. Learning will be made by performing activities carried out in class. The activities made are also accompanied by student worksheets (LKPD) to support the learning process. The research subjects were students of class VIII.10 SMP Negeri 8 Palembang, while the focus of the study was 6 students with varying abilities, namely high, medium, and low which were selected based on the result of the tests carried out later. The research was carried out in three stages, namely: (1) the Preparation Stage; (2) The Implementation stage of teaching; and (3) The final stage is data analysis. This research was conducted by following the learning system in the school. Data is collected and will be analyzed qualitatively. The result shows the ability to students’ critical reasoning abilities in relation to and function material using a Connecting, Organizing, Reflecting, Extending (CORE) model. The indicators that appear the most are indicators that interpret and analyze situations, and applications. Meanwhile, indicators that rarely appear are indicators that make decisions and explanations.