Creative thinking skills profile of junior high school students in science learning

Abstract

The era of the industrial revolution 4.0 in the 21st century demands people to develop skills in all sectors of life, including education and learning. One of the elements that supports learning is student creativity. In Science learning, creativity becomes an imperative aspect of learning Science in schools. This study aims to analyze the level of creativity of 7th-grade students at SMP Negeri 8 Surakarta. The type of this research is descriptive research. The subjects of this research consisted of 263 students who were obtained from 8 classes. The instrument used in this study was a instrument test of the creative thinking skills consisting of eight questions. There are four aspects of creative thinking skill namly fluency, flexibility, originality, and elaboration. The results of the percentage analysis of each aspect showed that the fluency was 47% and it was categorized as the moderate category. Meanwhile, the other three aspects were categorized as the low category in which the flexibility was 26.94%, the originality was 21.24%, and the elaboration was 29.77%.