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Interactive multimedia can combine various kinds of representations into one whole media unit. These representations can be in the form of visual, auditory, or procedural representations. Interactive multimedia capabilities can directly stimulate the development of students' critical thinking skills. This research has explored the increasing tendency of students to think critically or called critical thinking dispositions. In particular, this study compared the increasing levels of critical thinking dispositions of male and female students. The research sample came from one of the high schools in Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara. The research instrument used is an essay test that has been adjusted to the indicators of critical thinking disposition. The results showed that male students were better at three indicators of critical thinking disposition, namely open-mindedness, analyticity, and systematicity, while female students were better on the other two indicators, truth-seeking and inquisitiveness. This result shows that the use of interactive multimedia has a positive effect on improving critical thinking dispositions in both male students and female students.

interactive multimedia; critical thinking disposition; gender; physics teaching