Development of Critical Thinking Skills Based on the RADEC Model to Shape Students’ Courteous

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This study aims to obtain empirical data on the Development of Critical Thinking Skills Based on the RADEC Model to Shape the Courteous Behavior of 10th Grade Students at SMKN-2 Bandung. The method used is Research and Development, a development research approach. The subjects of this study are 28 students from 10th grade at SMKN-2 Bandung, with the Civics Education teacher and an IT expert serving as key informants. Data collection techniques used in this study include test and non-test methods. The results of this study indicate that: (1) The development of critical thinking skills based on the RADEC model is suitable for shaping students' courteous behavior. This is based on the analysis results, which show a significance value of 0.016 < 0.05. (2) The development of students' critical thinking skills based on the RADEC model is effective in promoting courteous behavior. This conclusion is based on the experimental class's average critical thinking skill score (post-test) of 87.14, compared to the control class's average score of 80.21. The data analysis reveals that the average critical thinking skill score (post-test) in the experimental class is higher than that in the control class.