BUILDING CREATIVE DISPOSITION AND CREATIVE THINKING SKILLS OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THROUGH BIOLOGICAL PRACTICUM ACTIVITIES BASED ON CREATIVE RESEARCH PROJECTS AA Sukarso (a*), Ari Widodo (b), Diana Rochintaniawati (b), Widi Purwianingsih (b)
a) Program Studi Pendidikan Biologi FKIP Universitas Mataram, Jl. Majapahit No.62, Mataram 83125, Indonesia
*asukarso[at]unram.ac.id
b) Program Studi Pendidikan IPA, Sekolah Pascasarjana, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Jl. Dr. Setiabudi No. 229, Bandung 40154, Indonesia
Abstract
Research has been carried out that aims to investigate the application of the Biology practicum model based on creative research projects in building creative dispositions and creative thinking skills of high school students. The research used an experimental method on 66 high school students of class X MIPA one of the high schools in Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara in the 2018/2019 academic year. A total of 32 students were classified as the experimental class and 34 students the control class. Experimental class students get learning with the Biology practicum model based on creative research projects and the control class with the verification lab model. The research data were collected using a creative disposition questionnaire and a biological creative thinking skill test. The results showed that the creative research project-based practicum activity aroused the creative disposition of the experimental class students more than the verification lab. The Biology practicum model based on creative research projects is also better at improving creative thinking skills with an N-gain (0.38) increase in the moderate category, better than N-gain (0.24) verificative practicum in the low category. The results of the t-test showed that there was a significant difference in the creative disposition and creative thinking skills of students^ biology between the experimental and control classes. These results recommend the need for the development and application of practical models based on creative research projects in high schools in order to foster students^ scientific creativity.
