Mapping elementary school students' creativity in science process skills of life aspects viewed from their divergent thinking patterns

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to map elementary school students' creativity in science process skills (SPS) of life aspects in science subjects viewed from their divergent thinking patterns using written tests whose items were fitted with Partial Credit Model (PCM). The measurement used a test validated using the IRT approach published in JEE journal in 2015. The trials employed four sets of test, each comprising 20 items completed with anchor items which were fitted referring to PCM. The measurements were performed with larger scale on 14 regional technical implementation unit (RTIU) in Yogyakarta Special Province in five regencies/cities to students of grades IV, V, and VI. The findings show that the higher the grade level, the higher of the testees' scores would be. There were some testees who did not have divergent thinking ability and they obtained a score of 0 The divergent thinking ability of the students was not related to the regency/city where an RTIU was located.

Preliminary Analysis of the Student’s Creative Thinking Skills in the Elementary School Teachers Education Study Program

“…The results of creative thinking from students in several studies show that low has started at the elementary school level (Subali, Paidi, & Mariyam, 2017;Subali & Mariyam, 2015), a study conducted by Zubaidah et al, (2017) that measures the creativity of junior high school students in Kediri, Indonesia, which falls into the low category. Creativity scores are obtained (1) flexibility (18.75), (2) originality (12.05), (3) elaboration (16.28), and (4) fluency (15.90).…”

“…Sanches (1994) links how the teacher's creative style is connected with his pedagogical practice. Teacher creativity is important because it affects students (Halliwell, 1993) especially with elementary school students who have low level of creativity (Subali, Paidi, & Mariyam, 2017;Subali & Mariyam, 2015). This can be caused by learning targets that focus on understanding concepts so creativity is not the main learning target.…”

“…Previous research that has been done for elementary school students is to examine the involvement of parents in the creativity of elementary school-age children (Suparmi, Suardiman, & Kumara, 2018) as well as the level of creativity of elementary school students (Subali & Mariyam, 2015;Subali et al, 2017), in primary and secondary education (Pfeiffer & Wechsler, 2013;Newton & Newton, 2010;Mujib, Darhim, & Kartasasmita 2016;Chiedozie, O., & Okoye, 2017;Lestari, Bharati, & Rukmini, 2018) but also in higher education (Gibson, 2010;Hosseini, 2011). That research shows that growing creativity in basic to high education is very important.…”

Improving Elementary School Science Innovation through Visionary Leadership and Information Computer Technology Awareness

“…In addition, the low performance of teachers is influenced by: (1) competency, (2) work discipline, (3) job satisfaction, (4) the organization where the teacher teaches, (5) the leadership of the school principal, (6) as well as the existence of government policies regarding education. Efforts to improve human resources are efforts that are integrated with improving the quality of education (Subali et al, 2017). The principal as a leader has the authority and policies to improve the quality of education.…”