The Effect of Citizen Science Project Learning Model on Students’ Critical and Creative Thinking Skills

Critical and creative thinking skills are essential in 21st-century education, but conventional learning approaches are still less effective in developing these skills. This study aims to analyze the influence of the Citizen Science Project learning model on the critical and creative thinking skills of high school students in Indonesia. The research method used experiments with post-test control groups, involving 70 students divided into experimental and control groups (35 students each). Instruments in the form of essay questions were used to measure students’ critical and creative thinking skills, while data were analyzed using quantitative descriptive analysis and inferential statistics using the MANOVA test. The results showed that the Citizen Science Project model significantly improved students’ critical and creative thinking skills compared to conventional learning (p < 0.05). This improvement demonstrates the effectiveness of the model in facilitating high-level thinking skills. These findings indicate that the Citizen Science Project can be an innovative strategy in learning to improve 21st-century skills. Therefore, this model is recommended to be applied in Education.