Empowering Biology Students Creative Thinking Skills in Biology Learning of 21st Century: Guided Inquiry-Based Lesson Study

The ability to think creatively is an important ability in mathematics to deal with the demands of the 21st century. One learning model that can improve students' mathematical creative thinking skills is Project Based Learning. This study aims to determine the improvement of students' mathematical creative thinking abilities through Project Based Learning using Transformation Gymnastics and Tetris GeoGebra. Research instruments used in this study is a test in the form of description, consisting of pretest and posttest that measures the ability of mathematical creative thinking including fluency, flexibility, originality, and elaboration. Data analysis includes tests of normality, homogeneity, and t-test using SPSS application assistance. The results showed that there was a significant increase in the value of students' creative thinking abilities, both in classrooms with Project Based Learning using Transformation Gymnastics and in classrooms with Project Based Learning using Tetris GeoGebra. There was no significant difference between the average posttest in the two classes. Thus, the two project tasks used in this Project Based Learning can be used in learning Transformation material.

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Guided Inquiry Learning Model, Simple Practicum Tool, Creative Thinking Skills

Berkala Ilmiah Pendidikan Fisika ◽

10.20527/bipf.v7i3.6625 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 7 (3) ◽

pp. 205 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Muhammad Zaky

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Junior High School ◽

Creative Thinking ◽

Junior High ◽

Inquiry Learning ◽

Thinking Skills ◽

Learning Model ◽

Guided Inquiry ◽

School Students

The main objective of this research is to produce junior high school Physics teaching materials oriented to a simple practical tool that can be used to foster junior high school students 'creative thinking skills, with the specific aim of knowing the indicators of junior high school students' creative thinking skills that can be grown through the use of a guided inquiry learning model assisted by a simple practicum tool. This type of research is a quasi-experimental research with the design of Equivalent Pretest-Posttest Design (Design of Prates-Pascates Equivalent). This research was conducted at the Labschool Junior High School of Tadulako University where the class VIII students being the research subjects. The research instrument used was an essay test and observation sheet. The data analysis technique used was quantitative data analyzed by inferential statistics, calculating the significance of the differences in the average of both groups of samples and qualitative data analyzed by using the stages of data reduction, data presentation and conclusion. The results showed that a guided inquiry learning model assisted by a simple practicum tool could foster the creative thinking skills of the students of Labschool UNTAD Junior High School in the indicators of flexible thinking, fluent thinking and originality.

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The development of being a professional teacher in the 21st -century model based on the ethics of profession with Buddhism integration

New Trends and Issues Proceedings on Humanities and Social Sciences ◽

10.18844/prosoc.v7i1.4866 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Chananporn Areekul

Keyword(s):

21St Century ◽

Curriculum Design ◽

Creative Thinking ◽

Goodness Of Fit ◽

Thinking Skills ◽

Learning Activity ◽

Century Model ◽

Thinking Skill ◽

Model Based ◽

Professional Teacher

The purpose is to develop being a professional teacher in the 21st century model based on the ethics of profession with Buddhism integration. The data were collected from 265 teachers and 20 experts. The instruments were questionnaires and data were analysed by confirmatory factor analysis. The model consisted of (1) the instruction: the 21st century educational philosophy, the curriculum design skill, the educational innovation skill in the classroom, the learning activity management skill, the learning evaluation skill and the classroom action research skill; (2) the ethics of profession for: a person, profession, clients, co-professionals and society; (3) the thinking skills: analytical thinking skill, synthesis thinking skill, critical thinking skill, comparative thinking skill, problem-solving thinking skill and creative thinking skill; and (4) the Buddhist principles: Desana 2, Patisambhida 4, Pamana 4, Desanavidhi 4, Dhammadesaka-dhamma 5, Bahussutanga 5, Anupubbikatha 5 and Kalyanamitta-dhamma 7. The model’s goodness-of-fit indexes were satisfactory, right and coherent. Keywords: Buddhism, ethics, profession, teacher, the 21st century.

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Guided Inquiry Lab: Its Effect to Improve Student’s Critical Thinking on Mechanics

Jurnal Ilmiah Pendidikan Fisika Al-Biruni ◽

10.24042/jipfalbiruni.v9i1.4630 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 87-97

Author(s):

Ade Febri ◽

Sajidan Sajidan ◽

Sarwanto Sarwanto ◽

Dewanto Harjunowibowo

Keyword(s):

Critical Thinking ◽

Junior High School ◽

Creative Thinking ◽

Thinking Skills ◽

Critical Thinking Skills ◽

Average Score ◽

Guided Inquiry ◽

Central Java ◽

Before And After ◽

The Impact

Learning trends in the 21st-century require students to have the ability to sort appropriate information from certain sources. To do this, students must have critical thinking skills. One of the learning models that can facilitate students to think critically is a guided-inquiry lab. Thus, the purpose of this study was to quantitatively analyze the impact of the implementation of the guided-inquiry lab model on students' critical thinking skills on mechanics material. A pre-experimental method employing one group pretest-posttest only design was applied to obtain students' critical thinking skills data before and after the implementation of the guided-inquiry lab model. A total of 32 students from a junior high school in the city of Karanganyar, Central Java, were involved as the samples in this study. The data obtained were then analyzed using N-gain calculations. Based on the data analysis, there are 81.25% of students have medium creative thinking skills after being taught with a guided-inquiry lab, meaning there is an increase in the average score of students after being taught using a guided-inquiry lab model. It can be concluded that the implementation of the guided-inquiry lab model is effective to improve students' critical thinking skills

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Usability of M-PA21 Module to Improve Teachers’ Metacognitive Regulation in Teaching and Application of 21st Century Basic Skills

International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET) ◽

10.3991/ijet.v14i20.11462 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 14 (20) ◽

pp. 87 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Rashidah Karnain ◽

Saemah Rahman ◽

Shahlan Surat ◽

M.T. Ali

Keyword(s):

21St Century ◽

Creative Thinking ◽

Basic Skills ◽

Skills Training ◽

Document Analysis ◽

Thinking Skills ◽

Mean Value ◽

Observation Data ◽

Training Module ◽

Metacognitive Regulation

Teachers face the challenges in producing students with 21st-century basic skills encompassing communication, collaborative, critical and creative thinking, as well as values and ethical. The reasons are the teachers do not have enough knowledge and skills to implement student-centered teaching, applying 21st-century basic skills, and teachers’ thinking skills which are metacognition is at a low level. To overcome this problem, the Metacogni-tive Skills Training Module in the Teaching and Application of 21st Centu-ry Basic Skills (M-PA21) was developed. The training module needs to be evaluated for usability to see if it can solve the teachers’ existing problems. Therefore, the study aims to evaluate the usability of the M-PA21 module to improve the teachers’ metacognitive regulation in teaching. Evaluation of module usability was conducted through field test involving 16 respond-ents consisting of secondary school teachers. The data collection was done through module usability questionnaire, micro-teaching observation, and document analysis. The questionnaires of module usability were analyzed using SPSS version 24.0 by determining mean value, while observation data was analyzed thematic. Document analysis supports the evaluation of ques-tionnaires and observation findings. Overall, the findings show that the M-PA21 module can enhance teachers’ metacognitive regulation in the teach-ing and application of basic skills of the 21st century

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The Comparison on 21st Century Skills of Early Childhood in Four Schools in Yogyakarta

AL-ATHFAL JURNAL PENDIDIKAN ANAK ◽

10.14421/al-athfal.2021.71-04 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 39-52

Author(s):

Erni Munastiwi

Keyword(s):

Critical Thinking ◽

Communication Skills ◽

21St Century ◽

Creative Thinking ◽

Thinking Skills ◽

Critical Thinking Skills ◽

Collaboration Skills ◽

Collecting Techniques ◽

The Difference ◽

Creative Thinking Ability

This study aims to determine differences in 21st century abilities, including critical thinking, creative thinking, communication skills, and collaboration skills, in 4 schools in the Yogyakarta region. This research is a comparative survey with a research sample of 60 students. The data collecting techniques used in interviews with questionnaires consist of 4 21st century abilities: critical thinking skills, creative thinking, communication skills, and collaboration skills. The results showed differences in 21st-century abilities between schools AR with RA, AR with TY, RA with TY, RA with RB, and TY with RB. This is proved by the t-test, where the sig.t value <0.05 is obtained in a row on the creative thinking ability of 0.001; 0.049; 0.00; 0.001; 0.024. Ability to think creatively in succession 0.003; 0.009; 0.000; 0.009; 0.005. 0.000 successive communication skills; 0.011; 0.000; 0.000; 0.003. Collaboration ability 0.002 consecutively; 0.001; 0.000; 0.003; 0.000. Then there is no difference between AR and RB schools. The value of sig evidence this. t > 0.05 in a row on critical thinking skills, creative thinking, communication skills, and collaboration skills 0.781; 0.702; 0.540; 0.624. The difference in ability is influenced by the learning method used.

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