Impact of Science Process Skills on Thinking Skills in Rural and Urban Schools

The novelty in this research is to test the students' science process skills on critical thinking skills in terms of students' gender. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of science process skills on critical thinking skills based on the gender of students in rural and urban schools. This type of research is descriptive quantitative. The sample in this study was (534) grade VII students consisting of (281) female students and (253) male students. The instruments used were observation sheets and essay tests. The data analysis technique used descriptive statistical tests and inferential statistics. The result of this research is that the students' science process skills and critical thinking skills are categorized as good and critical and there is a significant influence and difference between the two variables in rural or urban schools. The recommendation of this research for further research is that it is expected to be able to examine indicators that have not been included in this study.