The purpose of this study was to determine the profile of Tanjungpura University Biology Education students' creative thinking skills in developing an ideas for waste management into products. This research is a descriptive qualitative research type. The data in this study are in the form of response data in the form of a questionnaire. The results showed that the creative thinking ability in the fluency aspect was 58.48% in the sufficient category, the flexibility aspect was 63.01% in the creative category, the originality aspect was 61.48% in the creative category, and the elaboration aspect was 66.40% in the creative category. Based on the percentage, it was found that the aspect with the highest value was the elaboration aspect and the lowest value was in the fluency aspect.

This study aims to determine student learning difficulties, percentages, and the factors that cause learning difficulties experienced by class X students of SMA Negeri 6 Pontianak in studying the scope of biology. This research method uses a case study, with the research subjects being students of class X MIPA 3. In collecting data, three instruments were used, namely diagnostic tests, questionnaires, and interviews. The results showed that the percentage of students' learning difficulties in class X SMA Negeri 6 Pontianak in studying the scope of biology was 66.42% with high criteria. For the causal factors that affect student learning difficulties, it can be seen from the percentage of internal factors of 66.13% and external factors of 69.16% in the high category. Thus, class X SMA Negeri 6 Pontianak experienced learning difficulties caused by internal and external factors.