Application of e-handout based on PhET simulation to improve critical thinking skills and learning independence of high school students

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Abstract This study aims to determine the application of e-handout with the help of PhET simulation model of problem-based learning integrated with LMS Edmodo to improve critical thinking skills and students’ learning independence in class X of SMAN 1 Sleman on collision material and the law of conservation of momentum. This research is an experimental design study. The design of this study is one-group pretest-posttest design model. The method of data collection is using the results of the initial and final tests in both the experimental class and the questionnaire of learning independence. The results showed that students’ critical thinking skills and independence of learning in both classes improved after using PhET-assisted e-handouts. Conclusion The application of e-handouts with the help of the PhET simulation model of problem-based learning can improve critical thinking skills and there is a difference in the learning independence.