User Interface Design of Digital Test Based on Backward Chaining as a Measuring Tool for Students’ Critical Thinking

Assessing students' critical thinking skills is challenging due to the limitations of current measurement tools. Therefore, there is a need for a digital testing instrument that can effectively evaluate students' critical thinking abilities. The proposed digital test should be designed to present questions in a tiered manner, using a backward chaining approach that starts with general questions and progresses to more detailed ones. However, developing this measurement instrument requires careful planning. One of the initial steps in this process is to create a user interface design. The purpose of this study was to show the quality of the design of the user interface of a digital test based on backward chaining as a measuring tool for students’ critical thinking in a differentiated learning atmosphere. Design development used the Borg and Gall model and only focused on three stages. These stages include design planning, initial testing, and revision for the initial testing results. Data collection was through initial testing of the design. The tool used to collect data was a questionnaire. Respondents involved in the initial testing were 34 people. The location for the study was at several IT vocational high schools spread across six regencies in Bali. The data analysis technique compared the percentage comparison of the quality of the user interface design with the quality standards of the user interface design and referred to a five scale. The results of the study showed that the design quality of the digital test user interface based on backward chaining was included in the good category, as indicated by a quality percentage of 88.94%. Specifically, the impact of the results on the field of educational evaluation is to make it easier for evaluators to make accurate measurements. In general, the effect of this study on the field of informatics engineering education is the existence of innovations in realizing a test to measure critical thinking in the domain of differentiated learning.

@article{Ariawan2025,
  title     = {User Interface Design of Digital Test Based on Backward Chaining as a Measuring Tool for Students’ Critical Thinking},
  journal   = {International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications},
  volume    = {16},
  number    = {1},
  year      = {2025},
  publisher = {The Science and Information Organization},
  author    = {I Putu Wisna Ariawan and P. Wayan Arta Suyasa and Agus Adiarta and I Komang Gede Sukawijana and Nyoman Santiyadnya and Dewa Gede Hendra Divayana},
  doi       = {10.14569/IJACSA.2025.0160156},
  url       = {https://doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2025.0160156}
}