The Students’ Creative Thinking Ability in Accomplishing Collaborative Learning-Based Open-Ended Questions

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to describe the process and result of the collaborative learning-based open-ended learning developmet and its impact on the students’ creative thinking. This study applied mix method research in which the method used balance method between qualitative and quantitative research. The development model used in this study is Thiagarajan 4D. It was then being tested to the students of Grade VIII MTsN2 Jember in 2017/2018 academic year. This mix method research is used to test the effectiveness of the process and the result of a particular product. The process effectiveness was tested qualitatively while the result effectiveness was tested experimentally. The data of the study was obtained from the validation sheet, the observation sheet of the students’ and the teacher’s activities, the observation sheet of the students’ creativity and skill development, the students’ worksheet, and self-assessment sheet. The product of this study is the collaborative learning-based openended

teaching administrations. The validity of the average value of those teaching adsministrations (lesson plan, the students’ worksheet, THB) is 3,8. Based on the result of the statistical analysis between the experimental and control group upon the students’ creative thinking skill in solving the open ended questions, the Sig value (2-tailed) was 0.000.< 0.05. Due to the significance value is less than 0.05, it means that H0 is rejected; Ha is received, so that the learning outcomes of students’ creative thinking in the experimental group are better than the control group.