https://journal.staitaruna.ac.id/index.php/jel <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>TARUNAEDU: Journal of Education and Learning</strong> is published by the Study Program of Pendidikan Agama Islam (PAI), Sekolah Tinggi Agama Islam Taruna Surabaya, Indonesia. The journal pursues the academic exploration of Indonesian Islamic education discourses such as schools, colleges, universities, and other Islamic educational institutions such as pesantrens (Islamic boarding schools) in Islamic education discourses. The journal promotes empirical research and theory relevant to Islamic-affiliated educational institutions. The topics of the journal cover the micro, meso, and macro levels of Islamic education, such as the philosophy, Islamic school leadership, learning strategy, curriculum, learning evaluation, inclusive education, education based on culture, and the politics of Islamic education. TARUNAEDU is an open-access journal, published twice a year (March and September), that always places Islamic education in the center of academic inquiry and invites any discussions on its aim and scope.</p> Sekolah Tinggi Agama Islam Taruna Surabaya en-US Tarunaedu: Journal of Education and Learning 3026-393X https://journal.staitaruna.ac.id/index.php/jel/article/view/407 <p>Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji efektivitas metode penelitian mini dalam meningkatkan keterampilan berpikir kritis siswa madrasah. Penelitian dilakukan di Madrasah Tsanawiyah Al Inayah dengan subjek 32 siswa kelas VIII. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah penelitian tindakan kelas (PTK) yang terdiri dari dua siklus. Data dikumpulkan melalui observasi, wawancara, dan tes keterampilan berpikir kritis. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan adanya peningkatan yang signifikan dalam kemampuan berpikir kritis siswa setelah diimplementasikan metode penelitian mini. Peningkatan terlihat dalam aspek kemampuan analisis, interpretasi data, dan evaluasi argumen.</p> Siti Munzafiah Siti Nurul Ma'rifah Siti Shofiyah Copyright (c) 2025 Siti Munzafiah, Siti Nurul Ma'rifah, Siti Shofiyah https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 2025-03-01 2025-03-01 3 1 1 7 10.54298/tarunaedu.v3i1.407