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

Abstract

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 percent, flexibility by 48 percent, originality by 45 percent, and elaboration by 35 percent. 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. Desain penelitian deskriptif digunakan dengan pendekatan kualitatif dan melibatkan 31 siswa SMA. Data dalam penelitian diperoleh 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 indikator keterampilan berfikir kreatif yaitu fluency, flexibility, originality, dan elaboration, serta (4) angket 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 persen, kategori  flexibility sebesar 48 persen, kategori origionality sebesar 45 persen, dan kategori elaboration sebesar 35 persen. 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