Validity of Integrated Practical Instructions for Local Wisdom to Train Students' Critical Thinking Skills

Abstract: Critical thinking skills are important skills in life that are one of the focuses of 21st century learning. Critical thinking skills are skills that focus on making decisions about what to do and what to believe. To be able to make decisions, a person must process the information he obtains, that is, organize, analyze, and evaluate. The transfer of knowledge in universities that occurs at this time is only about knowledge about the material in books and does not pay attention to how the application of this knowledge is in daily life. Therefore, there is a need for efforts to include elements of local wisdom that are integrated in the learning tool in the form of practicum instructions that are able to involve the activeness of students (students) in practicing students' critical thinking skills. This study aims to determine the feasibility of the local wisdom integrated practicum instruction manual to train students' critical thinking that has been developed based on validity tests. This research is a product-based development research that focuses on the validation stage. The development of a set of practicum instructions with reference to the framework of a quality product includes three criteria, namely validity, practicality, and effectiveness. The validity test was carried out by 3 validators who had specific expertise according to the aspects assessed. In the validation of the material, an average score of 94.9% (very feasible) was obtained, in the media validation an average score of 97.2% (very valid) and the results of language validation were obtained an average of 98.4% (very valid). Based on the results of the validation, it can be concluded that the developed practicum instruction manual is suitable for use in the learning process in the classroom. Keywords: Practicum manual, Local wisdom, Critical thinking skills, Validity, Higher education.