Improving Student's Creative Thinking Skill through Blended Learning using Schoology

Abstract

Creative thought is needed in the industrial revolution era 4.0 because learning can take place everywhere and every time. So, the role of technology also needed to support this learning. However, technology cannot fully replace face to face learning. One of the alternative efforts to overcome this problem is by implementing blended learning. Blended learning is learning that combines face-to-face learning in the classroom and online learning that can be done everywhere. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of this learning to improve student's creative thinking skills in Bryophyte material through blended learning using Schoology. This research implemented to 22 students of Grade X by using one group pre-test and post-test design pattern. Data obtained were the student's activity and the level of student's creative thinking skills. The instrument used are observation sheets, pre-test, and post-test sheets. Data were analyzed descriptive-quantitatively. Data on creative thinking skills were analyzed based on gain score, student's creativity level, and completeness of creative learning indicators. Results of this study indicated that learning process combination of both face-to-face learning and online learning were very successful in improving student's creative thinking skill significantly, based on learning the outcome, percentage of student's activity and completeness each creative learning indicators.