Exploring Students Creative Thinking Skills in Biology Learning through Reading Concept Mapping Team Quiz (Remap-TQ)
Meiliana Dwi Cahya1, Siti Zubaidah2, a), Munzil3

1, 2Biology Education, FMIPA, State University of Malang, Malang, Indonesia
3Science Education, FMIPA, Malang State University, Malang, Indonesia

Abstract

Creative thinking is a skill to generate ideas, result in orientation, hone thinking speed, solve problems, and be open to new experiences. Students must have creative thinking skills to study broad and complex biology material to make it more meaningful. A supportive learning model can influence the development of creative thinking skills. Remap-TQ is an acronym for a learning model with stages of reading, concept mapping, and Team Quiz (TQ). The steps of the Remap-TQ learning model are expected to train students^ creative thinking skills. The purpose of the study was to determine the contribution of Remap-TQ to students^ creative thinking skills in learning biology. This type of research is a quasi-experimental design with a pretest-posttest non-equivalent control group design. Participants involved in this research were science students from one state senior high school in Jember, East Java, Indonesia, who had been tested for equality. Respondents came from three randomly selected classes, totalling 105 students. The indicators of creative thinking measured are curiosity, fluency, originality, elaboration, flexibility, divergence, messines/risk-taking, and with others. The results showed that the Remap-TQ model could improve students^ creative thinking more than the TQ model and conventional learning. The posttest mean value of learning with Remap-TQ is 85.89, compared to students taught by TQ of 78.64 and conventional learning of 68.03. The findings of this study can provide new references to educators regarding innovative learning models to develop students^ creative thinking skills in learning biology.

Keywords: creative thingking skills, biology learning, Remap-TQ

Topic: Biology Education