Project-Based Learning to Improve Students' Creative Thinking Skills in the Field of Science
Keywords:
project-based learning, creative thinking, scienceAbstract
Science is a science that studies nature and everything in it and the events that occur. Science is very important to learn because all human activities are closely related to nature. Creativity is recognized as an important 21st century skill. Creativity plays an important role in social life. Creativity is bringing something that did not exist before, either as a product, process or thought. Creativity is very important to get around all the limitations we have, solve problems in various aspects of life, as well as produce new opportunities or works to solve various problems, including in the world of education. Creative thinking is a thought process that produces creativity. The better a person is at creative thinking, the more creative that person is. In other words, the person has high creativity. Involving students to design their own experimental procedures will encourage students' scientific creativity. Project-based learning asks students to conduct experiments to solve problems and complete a given project. In the project work, students' creativity is needed. Therefore, in this article, researchers try to explore the advantages of project-based learning in supporting students' creative thinking skills.