Development of Assessment on Problem-Based Thematic Learning to Assess Students' Critical and Creative Thinking Ability in Elementary Schools

The problem of this research stems from the results of analysis needs in assessment student learning. This study aims to produce a feasible and effective problem-based thematic learning assessment to assess the critical and creative thinking skills of grade V elementary school students. This research is a type of Research and Development (R&D) research, development is carried out referring to the theory of Borg & Gall. The population of this study was grade V students of SD Raden Intan Cluster, Ketapang District, South Lampung. Data collection tools use valid and reliable assessments. The data analysis technique uses a Paired t-test with a calculation result of 0.000 or less than 0.05 which means that it is proven that there is a difference between the pretest and posttest results in the experimental class and the results of the unpaired t test with a significance level value of less than 0.05 in the experimental and control group. Based on this research, it can be concluded that problem-based thematic assessments are effective in improving students' critical and creative thinking skills.