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The study aims to evaluate the profile of students' creative thinking skills and how free inquiry is implemented in high schools.

January 1, 2021Open Access

Profile of Students’ Creative Thinking Skills and Implementation of Free Inquiry in Senior High School

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The study aims to evaluate the profile of students' creative thinking skills and how free inquiry is implemented in high schools.
Descriptive research design with a qualitative approach involving 31 high school students.
Data collection through interviews with teachers, creative thinking skills tests, and questionnaires.
Indicators measured include fluency, flexibility, originality, and elaboration.
Six students were categorized as very creative, with fluency at 63%, flexibility at 48%, originality at 45%, and elaboration at 35%.
Four students were categorized as creative, eight as moderately creative, six as less creative, and seven as non-creative.
The inquiry free learning model is suggested to enhance creative thinking skills, particularly in elaboration.

Abstract

This study aims to determine the profile of students' creative thinking skills and the implementation of inquiry free in schools. The descriptive research design used a qualitative approach and involved 31 high school students. The data were obtained from interviews, tests, and questionnaires. The data collection instruments used were (1) interview instruments with teachers, (2) test question sheets with indicators of creative thinking skills, namely fluency, flexibility, originality, and elaboration, also (4) questionnaires. The results showed six students in the very creative, four in the creative, eight in the moderately creative, six in the less creative, and seven in the non-creative. Creative thinking skills in each category are fluency by 63%, flexibility by 48%, originality by 45%, and elaboration by 35%. The research concludes that the inquiry free learning model can be applied in schools to help improve students' creative thinking skills, especially on the elaboration indicator. Keywords: creative thinking, free inquiry, linear motion. Abstrak: Penelitian bertujuan untuk mengetahui profil kemampuan berfikir kreatif siswa dan implementasi inquiry free di sekolah. D esain penelitian deskriptif digunakan dengan pendekatan kualitatif dan melibatkan 3 1 siswa SMA . Data dalam penelitian di peroleh dari hasil wawancara, tes, dan angket yang diberikan kepada siswa. Instrumen pengumpulan data yang digunakan yaitu (1) instrument wawancara dengan guru (2) lembar soal tes yang berisi pertanyaan dengan i ndik at or keterampilan berfikir kreatif yaitu fluency , flexibility , originality , dan elaboration, serta (4) a ngket respon . Hasil penelitian menunjukkan enam siswa pada kategori sangat kreatif, empat siswa pada kategori kreatif, delapan siswa kategori cukup kreatif, enam siswa kategori kurang kreatif, dan tujuh siswa pada kategori tidak kreatif. Kemampuan berfikir kreatif setiap kategori yaitu kategori fluency sebesar 63%, kategori flexibility sebesar 48%, kategori origionality sebesar 45%, dan kategori elaboration sebesar 35 %. Kesimpulan penilitian adalah model pembelajaran free inquiry dapat diterapkan di sekolah untuk membantu meningkatkan kemampuan berfikir kreatif siswa khususnya pada indikator elaborasi. Kata kunci: berfikir kreatif, free inquiry, gerak linier. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23960/jpmipa/v22i2.pp292-304

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