E-Moodle Flipbook: Deconstructing local wisdom-based social studies learning media innovations, to improve students' critical thinking skills

Abstract

The key motivation behind this research is the lack of Moodle flipbooks as an innovative tool for teachers to use and the lack of Moodle flipbooks as a local knowledge-based social studies learning medium to enhance students' critical thinking abilities. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of using Moodle flipbooks based on local wisdom in improving students' critical thinking skills, in the material of community life during the pre-literacy period. The research method is a quasi-experiment with the design of the matching-only pretest-postest control group design.  This research was conducted at SMP Negeri 2 Makassar, Indonesia with a research sample of 70 students, consisting of class VII A students 35 students (experiment class) and class VII B 35 students (control class). Effectiveness is measured based on n-gain test results analyzed with t-tests developed by Hake. The results of the study found that the use of Moodle flipbooks as an innovation in social studies learning media based on local wisdom was quite effective for improving students' critical thinking skills, as evidenced by the n-gain of the experiment class higher and significantly different from the control class. 

Keywords: Critical thinking;  E-Moodle; Flipbook; learning media; local wisdom; social studies