The difficulty of students in utilizing online learning resources to apply creative thinking to the material of polyhedron
Irena Puji Luritawaty (a*), S Prabawanto (b), Tatang Herman (c)

a) Departement of Mathematics Education Postgraduate Student, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Jl. Dr. Setiabudhi 229, Bandung 40154, Indonesia
*irenapuji[at]yahoo.com
a) Departement of Mathematics Education, Institut Pendidikan Indonesia Garut, Jl. Terusan Pahlawan 32, Garut 44151, Indonesia
b) Departement of Mathematics Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Jl. Dr. Setiabudhi 229, Bandung 40154, Indonesia
*sufyani[at]upi.edu
c) Departement of Mathematics Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Jl. Dr. Setiabudhi 229, Bandung 40154, Indonesia
*tatangherman[at]upi.edu

Abstract

Creative thinking is one of the two ways of thinking required in the mathematical thinking process. Creative thinking skills can create creative ways and harmonize knowledge with the times. Various studies have been conducting to improve creative thinking skills. However, the analysis of the difficulties of mathematics education students, as future mathematics teachers in creative thinking has not been widely discussed, especially in the use of online learning resources in online learning were increasingly emphasized during the Covid-19 pandemic. The online learning resources allows students to access and develop creative thinking skills. This study aims to analyze the difficulties of mathematics education students in utilizing online learning resources to apply creative thinking in solving math problems. This study is a qualitative descriptive with fifteen subjects at fourth-semester students of the mathematics education study program. Instruments consist of a creative thinking skills test in the form of descriptions of four questions and a scale of online learning difficulties. Based on the study results, it is known that all subjects are familiar with online learning resources. However, its utilization is still minimal due to various difficulties, such as unstable signals, high quota costs, confusion about choosing an abundance of information, and uncertainty in the correctness of the information. These difficulties have an impact on the limited knowledge of the subject and the ability to generate ideas. Subjects who were able to come up with several ideas to find the connection between a cuboid and a prism was only 27%, able to put forward ideas and make an approach to produce an accurate response only 13%, were able to respond in an irregular way such as using linking cuboid height to length and width only 13%.

Keywords: Creative Thinking, Online Learning Resources

Topic: Mathematics Education