Analysis of Mathematical Creative Thinking Abilities in Primary Schools

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.200129.093How to use a DOI?

Keywords

creative thinking, mathematical problem solving, elementary school

Abstract

One of the goals of Indonesian education in the 21st century is the development of students’ potential in order to become creative human beings. The ability to think creatively mathematically has not received special attention. This is because there are still many students who solve math problems just like the example given by the teacher, so they are still having difficulties in alternative solutions to problem-solving in a creative way. The purpose to analyze the creative thinking abilities of elementary school students to solve various mathematical problem. The research approach uses descriptive qualitative. The sample in this study is fourth-grade students in elementary school. Techniques in collecting data are tests, observations, and interviews. Data analysis is done by flow model technique with the stages of data reduction, data presentation, verification or conclusion. The results showed that mathematical creative thinking skills in fourth-grade students reached the third level (creative) that can be achieved by students with high levels of ability. Students with abilities are on the 1st level (less creative), while students with low abilities are at the 0th level of creative thinking (not creative). This research concludes that high-ability students can fulfill indicators of fluency, flexibility and originality, medium-skilled only indicators of fluency that can be met by students, and students who low ability has not shown indicators of fluency, flexibility, originality and elaboration.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Isnaeni Aprilia Kartikasari
AU  - Budi Usodo
AU  - Riyadi
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/02/06
TI  - Analysis of Mathematical Creative Thinking Abilities in Primary Schools
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Learning Innovation and Quality Education (ICLIQE 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 742
EP  - 748
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200129.093
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200129.093
ID  - Kartikasari2020
ER  -