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Abstract

The ability to think critically is an urgent need in the 21st century Vocational School education system. Critical thinking is the individual's ability to seek, receive and manage information from various sources. Media used to make decisions and solve problems based on rationality and accountable reality. This study uses a qualitative descriptive approach. The purpose of this study was to provide a description of the critical thinking skills of SMK students. The research subjects were 254 students of SMK Cendika Bangsa Malang Regency. The inventory of critical thinking skills was adopted from the Watson Glacier Critical Thinking Test (WGCT) critical thinking ability inventory. Analysis of student responses is categorized based on five components of critical thinking, namely assumptions, arguments, deductions, interpretations and conclusions. The results showed that the condition of critical thinking skills of vocational students was low. This condition supports the fact that the critical thinking skills of SMK students are an urgent need that is important to be met by increasing the critical thinking skills of SMK students.

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