ANALYSIS OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS' CREATIVE MATHEMATICAL THINKING ABILITIES

This study aims to determine the distribution of higher-order mathematical thinking skills of students of state senior high schools in Tasikmalaya City in the academic year 2018/2019, to find out whether there is a relationship between mathematical critical thinking abilities with students' mathematical creative thinking skills High School in Tasikmalaya City 2018/2019 academic year. This research is a type of descriptive research using quantitative descriptive methods. The population in this study were all students of Tasikmalaya City Senior High School in class X, class XI, and class XII, ranging in age from 16-18 years. The sampling technique in this study uses a probability sampling technique that is Proportionate Stratified Random Sampling, by taking 2 classes each school. The research instrument used in this study was a matter of high-level mathematical thinking ability tests which are slices of the cognitive dimension of Bloom's Taxonomy with the 2013 Curriculum Dimension dimension consisting of questions of critical and creative thinking skills. The results showed that the distribution of mathematical thinking ability levels in high school students in the City of Tasikmalaya academic year 2018/2019 as follows: a) mathematical HOTS ability with a very good category was obtained by 2 Schools or 20% of all High School Schools in Tasikmalaya City, the ability Mathematical HOTS with the good category is obtained by 7 Schools or 70% of all High Schools in Tasikmalaya City, Mathematical HOTS ability with a pretty good category is obtained by 1 School, namely SMAN J or 10% of all Public High Schools in Tasikmalaya City. There is a significant relationship between students' mathematical critical thinking skills with the mathematical creative thinking abilities of high school students in the City of Tasikmalaya 2018/2019 academic year. with the degree of correlation obtained a correlation coefficient of 0.283 or are in a low category. Keywords: Higher Order Mathematical Thinking Skills, mathematical critical thinking skills, mathematical creative thinking skills.

High self-confidence and creative mathematical thinking skills will change students from having difficulty with mathematics to active learners who can solve mathematical problems. But the facts show that the achievement of both abilities is still quite low. The purpose of this research is to analyze how students' creative mathematical thinking skills are viewed from the perspective of self-confidence in social arithmetic material. Social arithmetic material is used because it allows them to abstract mathematical processes into their daily lives, thereby developing their creativity. The research method is descriptive qualitative. The sample was 3 people, namely 1 person for each level of self-confidence (high, medium, and low). They are selected through purposive sampling. The data collection techniques used include questionnaires, tests, interviews, and field notes. The data analysis techniques employed are data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion drawing. The results indicate that students' self-confidence levels in social arithmetic material affect their creative mathematical thinking skills. It was found that students with high self-confidence were able to meet three indicators of creative mathematical thinking skills: fluency, flexibility, and elaboration. However, students with high self-confidence were not able to meet the originality indicator. Students with moderate self-confidence were able to meet one indicator of creative mathematical thinking skills, namely fluency, but were not able to meet the flexibility and elaboration indicators. Meanwhile, students with low self-confidence were not able to meet any indicators of creative mathematical thinking skills. Thus, self-confidence can be increased to improve mathematical creative thinking skills.

Students’ creative mathematical thinking abilities are directly proportional to HOTS-based problems. The purpose of this research is to analyze students' mathematical creative thinking abilities in solving HOTS problems on circle material. The research subjects were 8th grade junior high school students consisting of 6 people at a school in Tangerang, using qualitative descriptive methods. Tests and interview methods were used to collect data. Data analysis techniques include data collection, data reduction, data presentation, and conclusions. The result of this research shows that subjects in the high category can fulfill 4 indicators, namely, originality, fluency, flexibility, and elaboration. Subjects in the medium category only fulfill 2 indicators, namely fluency and elaboration. Subjects in the low category cannot fulfill all indicators. These findings are very important for educators and are also expected to contribute to improve students' mathematical creative thinking abilities.

Abstract: This research aims to analyze the influence of the guided inquiry learning model on students' mathematical critical and creative thinking abilities. This research problem focuses on the effect of applying the guided inquiry model on the mathematical critical and creative thinking abilities of fourth grade elementary school students compared to applying the direct learning model. The research was conducted on fourth grade students at SD Negeri 010015 Sei Serindan, Kecamatan Sei Kepayang Barat, with a research sample of 2 classes determined using the cluster random sampling technique. The research instrument tests students' critical thinking and creative mathematical thinking skills in the form of essays. The research data were analyzed using the one-way MANOVA technique. The results of the research show that: (1) there is an influence of the guided inquiry learning model on students' mathematical critical thinking abilities; (2) there is an influence of the guided inquiry learning model on students' mathematical creative thinking abilities; and (3) there is an influence of the guided inquiry learning model simultaneously on students' critical thinking and creative mathematical thinking abilities. Keywords: Guided Inquiry, Critical Thinking, Creative Thinking, Mathematics. Abstrak: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis pengaruh media pembelajaran berbasis inkuiri terbimbing terhadap kemampuan berpikir kritis dan kreatif matematis siswa. Masalah penelitin ini difokuskan pada pengaruh penerapan media berbasis inkuiri terbimbing terhadap kemampuan berpikir kritis dan kreatif matematis siswa dibandingkan dengan penerapan model pembelajaran langsung. Penelitian dilakukan pada siswa kelas IV SD Negeri 010015 Sei Serindan, dengan sampel penelitian sebanyak 2 kelas yang ditentukan dengan teknik cluster random sampling. Intrumen penelitian tes kemampuan berpikir kritis dan berpikir kreatif matematis siswa dalam bentuk uraian (essai). Data hasil penelitian dianalisis dengan menggunakan teknik MANOVA satu jalur. Hasil penelitian disimpulkan bahwa: (1) terdapat pengaruh media pembelajaran berbasis inkuiri terbimbing terhadap kemampuan berpikir kritis matematis siswa; (2) terdapat pengaruh media pembelajaran berbasis inkuiri terbimbing terhadap kemampuan berpikir kreatif matematis siswa; dan (3) terdapat pengaruh media pembelajaran berbasis inkuiri terbimbing secara simultan terhadap kemampuan berpikir kritis dan berpikir kreatif matematis siswa. Kata Kunci: Media, Inkuiri Terbimbing, Berpikir Kritis, Berpikir Kreatif, Matematika

One of the elements affecting students' success rates in the learning process is their capacity for mathematical creativity. According to survey findings, pupils still have a limited capacity for mathematical creativity in their learning, as evidenced by the markers of this capacity. This study sought to ascertain how adopting open-ended problem learning models affected students' mathematical and creative thinking skills. This study employs quantitative research and descriptive methodologies. This study employed a research design was quasi-experimental research. The investigation employed a posttest-only control group design. Students in class VII made up the study's population. Class VIIb and VIIc samples were used in this study. Class VIIc serves as the control class and follows a traditional learning approach while Class VIIb serves as the experimental class. Research strategies for gathering data take the shape of tests. t-test data analysis formula. Based on the one-sided test calculation results, it can be seen that the average mathematical creative thinking ability of students using the Open-Ended Problem learning model is higher than the average mathematical creative thinking ability of students using conventional learning models, meaning that there is an influence using the Open-Ended Problem learning model on students' mathematical creative thinking abilities. The study's overall conclusion is the Open-Ended Problem learning approach has an impact on students' mathematical and creative thinking skills.

This study aims to determine the mathematical creative thinking abilities Level in the high mathematical creative thinking disposition category for each gender difference. This research is qualitative research using a qualitative descriptive method conducted at SMK Pertiwi Kuningan. This study describes mathematical creative thinking abilities of mathematics learning by collecting descriptive data obtained from the classification dispositions of mathematical creative thinking categories, creative thinking abilities test questions, and valid and reliable interviews. The research subjects chosen were four students from 57 students. The research subjects were two male students and two female students who had creative abilities, and the highest test scores were in the high mathematical creative thinking disposition category. Data analysis was performed with the stages of data collection, reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing. The results showed that male and female students in the high mathematical creative thinking disposition category have creative abilities that fulfill the aspects of flexibility, fluency, and elaboration. Flexibility and fluency aspects have an average score with very good criteria. Then, there are differences in the elaboration aspect, where the average score of female and male students are 3.9 and 3.4, respectively. It shows that the difference is not significant, namely 0.5, which indicates that female students are better at the elaboration aspect. Even so, male students also fulfill the elaboration aspect, wherein the very good criteria both. However, male and female students did not satisfy the originality aspect. The creative ability can be reached by having a high mathematical creative thinking disposition. Therefore, the teacher must be able to instill a high mathematical creative thinking disposition in mathematics learning. The high mathematical creative thinking disposition makes students flexible, fluent, and thorough in solving mathematical problems.

This study contains the effect of mathematical anxiety on the motivation to learn mathematics and the mathematical creative thinking abilities of junior high school students. Mathematics learning also needs to understand the psychological aspects of students, including about mathematical anxiety and motivation to learn mathematics. Mathematical anxiety and motivation to learn mathematics that are not immediately addressed properly and correctly will affect students' creative thinking skills in mathematics. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of mathematical anxiety on learning motivation and mathematical creative thinking abilities of junior high school students. This study uses the literature review method with publication limitations of the last 5 years. Exploration of publication results using an open-access website taken from Google Scholar with research results published in Reputable National Journals at least Sinta 4 and Reputable International Journals at least Q3. Publication results are limited to searches using the keywords “Math Anxiety”, “Learning Motivation”, “Creative Thinking Skills”, “Junior High School Mathematics Learning”, “Math Anxiety”, “Learning Motivation”, “Creative Thinking Skills”, and “Mathematics Learning in Junior High School”. Exploration results of publications were analyzed using PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis) syntax. The results showed that mathematical anxiety had an effect on motivation to learn mathematics and students' mathematical thinking abilities. Students who have excessive mathematical anxiety tend to have low motivation to learn mathematics. Low motivation to learn mathematics will affect the way students think, especially with regard to the ability to think creatively mathematically. Therefore, teachers must be alert and communicative in order to overcome these problems and students become more comfortable when learning mathematics.

To find out students' mathematical creative thinking abilities, this can be done by giving students open-ended problems. The aim of this research is to describe students' mathematical creative thinking abilities in solving open-ended problems when viewed from their self-concept. This type of research is qualitative descriptive research. The subject selection technique used in this research was purposive sampling. The subjects of this research consisted of one student with a high self-concept category, one student with a medium self-concept category, and one student with a low self-concept. Data collection methods in this research include questionnaire methods and tests. And the data analysis techniques used include: analysis of mathematical self-concept questionnaires, analysis of open-ended mathematics questions. The research results show that students with a high self-concept category can fulfill all aspects of creative thinking abilities, including fluency, flexibility and originality, so that their mathematical creative thinking abilities are also high. In contrast to students with moderate self-concept, it was found that their creative thinking abilities were low and students with low self-concept actually had moderate mathematical creative thinking abilities. So it can be concluded that based on this research, it shows that students' self-concept does not always describe students' mathematical creative thinking abilities in solving open-ended problems.

Mathematical creative thinking ability is a student's ability to create or find new ideas in solving a problem. Everyone must have the ability to think creatively, especially students. The ability to think creatively plays an important role in the progress of every student. However, in reality, many students are not able to solve a problem using their creative thinking skills. This is possible because students do not get used to thinking (habits of mind). This research aims to determine students' mathematical creative thinking abilities in solving circle problems in terms of habits of mind. The method used in this research is a qualitative method with a case study type of research. There are three data collection techniques used, namely: tests, questionnaires and interviews. The results showed that 6 subjects who had high habits of mind were able to show all indicators of mathematical creative thinking ability, 12 subjects who had moderate habits of mind were able to show three indicators of mathematical creative thinking ability and 3 subjects who had low habits of mind were only able to show one indicator of mathematical creative thinking ability. So, habits of mind have an impact on students' mathematical creative thinking abilities.

This study aims to analyze the mathematical creative thinking ability of grade VIII students at a State Junior High School in Riau, Indonesia, in terms of self-regulated learning. A qualitative design was employed, utilizing descriptive methods through a case study approach, and the participants included 28 students of grade VIII-C. To ensure data accuracy, a data triangulation technique was employed, which included a test for mathematical creative thinking skills, self-regulated learning questionnaires, introductory questionnaires, and interview guidelines. The validity of the data was measured using the Miles and Huberman technique, which involved data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. The results showed that the mathematical creative thinking skills of students were relatively low. Furthermore, it was discovered that self-regulated learning was significantly correlated with creative thinking ability. Specifically, students who exhibited high levels of self-regulated learning demonstrated higher creative thinking abilities than their peers with moderate or low levels. Similarly, participants with moderate self-regulated learning displayed sufficient abilities, while those with low self-regulated learning exhibited poor creative thinking abilities.

With regard to creativity in mathematics, scholars tend to focus on the logical realm, which includes fluency, flexibility, and originality while overlooking the value of the affective domain, which includes self-efficacy, beliefs, and attitudes. The objectives of this study were 1) to investigate the extent to which self-efficacy affects students’ mathematical creative thinking ability; and 2) to determine the characteristics of students with high mathematical creative thinking ability and high self-efficacy. A mixed-method approach, that combined semi-structured interviews, and correlation analysis was employed to investigate the effect of self-efficacy on students’ mathematical creative thinking ability. The participants of the study were selected from junior high schools (JHS) in the city of Makassar. Ninety-six students (42 boys and 54 girls, aged 14 years old) completed a questionnaire assessing their mathematics self-efficacy. In general, the results proved that self-efficacy had an effect on JHS students’ mathematical creative thinking ability. This study also revealed that students with high self-efficacy are more likely to possess high mathematical creative thinking ability and vice versa. The characteristics of students with high mathematical creative thinking ability and high self-efficacy include excessive anxiety, reliance on key experiences, such as the ability to generate ideas (cognitive novelty), the ability to propose various solutions (cognitive variety), and the ability to change perceptions (cognitive framing).

This article presents the results of quasi-experimental research with posttest control group design that examines the context of realistic mathematics assisted by Augmented Reality Technology (ART) on students' mathematical creative thinking skills. The population in this study were all public elementary school students in Ternate City. The sample involved 110 fourth grade students from two high and medium school level elementary schools. The instruments used were initial mathematical ability test, mathematical creative thinking ability test and student attitude scale. The research data for pretest, post-test, and normalized gain scores of mathematical creative thinking ability were analyzed by two-way ANOVA and Mann-Whitney and post hoc test of One-Way ANOVA. The assumptions of normality and homogeneity of variance were performed first before using this combined statistical test. The results showed that students who received learning through Realistic mathematics context assisted by Augmented Reality Technology (ART) were significantly superior to the improvement of mathematical creative thinking skills compared to students who received Ordinary Learning (OL). The results of this study also found that there was no interaction between Mathematical Creative Thinking Ability (MCTA) and students' attitude scale in terms of both school levels.

The formulation of the problem in this study are: (1) how is the influence of the Quantum Learning model on the mathematical creative thinking ability of YPK Medan Junior High School students. (2) how to increase students' mathematical creative thinking ability by using the Quantum Learning model. The aims of this study were: (1) To determine the effect of the Quantum Learning model on the mathematical creative thinking skills of YPK Medan Junior High School students. (2) Introducing students to the learning process using the Quantum Learning model. The population and sample in this study were students of class VIII-B SMP YPK Medan, totaling 26 people, namely 12 male students and 14 female students. This type of research is experimental research with One Group Pretest Posttest research design. The research instrument used an essay test about lines and angles. The data collection technique used a pretest (pretest) and a final test (posttest). The data analysis technique used prerequisite test (normality test and homogeneity test) hypothesis test (t-test). And the results of the study using a paired sample t-test (paired-sample t test) using SPSS 22 which produces a significance of 0.000 <0.05, so Ha is accepted and H0 is rejected. So it can be concluded that there is an effect of the Quantum Learning learning model on the mathematical creative thinking ability of YPK Medan Junior High School students and the increase in mathematical creative thinking ability of YPK Medan Junior High School by using the Quantum Learning learning model is 0.62%

This study aims to determine the effect of self-concept on the mathematical creative thinking ability of class VIII SMPN 1 Loea. This type of research is Ex-Post Fact with a quantitative approach. The sample in this study consisted of 30 students of class VIII SMPN 1 Loea. The research instrument used is a self-concept questionnaire consisting of 23 statements and a mathematical creative thinking ability test consisting of 5 questions. The results showed that : 1) there is 1 student with high category self-concept, 11 students with moderat category and 3 students with low category and 3 students with low category ; 2) there are 3 students with creative thinking skills which are classified as very creative, 4 students in the creative category, 15 students in the quite creative category, 6 students in the less creative category and 2 students in the non-creative category; and 3) there is a significant positive effect of self-concept on the mathematical creative thinking ability of class VIII SMP Negeri 1 Loea with the percentage contribution of the influence of the self-concept variable on the mathematical creative thinking ability of 53.8%

Mathematical creative thinking ability is an important component that must be possessed by students because the problems in modern times are very difficult and require a high level of problem solving. The aims of this research is to illustrate and analyze the mathematical creative thinking ability of junior high school students in polyhedron topic. This research used a qualitative descriptive research approach and case study reseach design. Data collection techniques used in the form of written tests and interviews. The subjects was chosen from 35 students’ of class VIII in MTsN 1 Kota Serang in the academic year 2019/2020. This research used inductive data analysis techniques, the steps in analyzing data include: data reduction, data display, conclusions drawing and verification. The results showed the students’ mathematical creative thinking ability on polyhedron was in the medium category with a percentage in the high category 14%, medium category 69%, and low category 17%. The percentage of mathematical creative thinking ability based on aspects shows the aspect of originality 59%, fluency 61%, flexibility 62%, and elaboration 75%.