The correlation of learning interest and creativity in writing scientific articles of Indonesian pre-service biology teachers on biotechnology concept

Abstract

Learning interest need more attention in learning development and it is very important in the learning processs. Pre-service biology teachers will be good learners if they have a good interest in learning. The creativity in writing scientific articles for pre-service biology teachers needs to be developed continuously, because pre-service biology teachers are academics. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between learning interest and creativity in writing scientific articles for Indonesian pre-service biology teachers on biotechnology concept. Survey was employed for the study by investigating 30 Indonesian pre-service biology teachers. The data collection technique used consisted of a questionnaire and a creativity instrument. Spearman's rank correlation was used in data analysis. The findings showed that = 1.08> 0.05, it was concluded that there was no statistically significant correlation between learning interest and creativity in writing scientific articles for Indonesian pre-service biology teachers on biotechnology concept.