Eligibility of Case Study-Based Electronic Textbooks To Improve Students^ Critical Thinking Skills
Fazli Rachman, Liber Siagian, Abdinur Batubara, Maryatun Kabatiah

Department of Pancasila and Civic Education, Faculty of Social Sciences, Universitas Negeri Medan

Abstract

The industrial revolution brought new challenges, opportunities and directions to the world of education. Students^ critical thinking skills are urgently in line with the demands for increasingly complex problems with cross-disciplinary knowledge. Textbooks that are compatible with the development of material substance, curriculum, and student learning needs are essential. The development of textbooks cuts the barriers to learning and enhances the development of experience, and the continuous renewal of the substance of the course. This study aims to develop an electronic textbook of Pancasila and Citizenship Education Instructional Design based on a case study to improve students^ critical thinking skills. The research adopted 10 (ten) stages of Borg & Gall^s research and development model. This article presents the results of research and development up to the operational product revision stage. The article specifically describes the feasibility of the material, language, and media aspects of the book developed based on the assessment of competent expert validators in their field. Based on the validation results from the material, language and media experts, it shows that the case study-based electronic Pancasila and Citizenship Education Instructional Design to improve students^ critical thinking skills is feasible to use in the field or in the lecture process.

Keywords: book, electronic, case study, critical thinking

Topic: E-learning system and Educational Technology