The Effect of Contextual Learning Approach (CTL) to Improve Students' Critical Thinking Ability in Organization and Management Subject

This study aims to examine the effect of CTL learning model on critical thinking ability of Public Administration students in the course of Organization and Management. This research is an experimental research with population of Public Administration students who take Organization and Management Course at STIA Padang. The sample of this study consists of two classes of Organization and Management course. Class A as an experimental class were taught with CTL learning model and class B as a control class were taught using conventional learning model. Each class consists of 27 learners. The research instruments used to look at the thinking ability of learners is through questions posed by learners during journal presentations and questionnaire. Data were also collected based on the observation and documentation of the journal written by the learners. The results described the ability of students' critical thinking who were taught with CTL is higher than the learners who were taught with conventional learning model.