Creative thinking ability based on learning styles reviewed from mathematical communication skills

Abstract

This study aims to obtain the explanation of mathematical creative thinking skills based on visual and kinesthetic learning styles from mathematical communication skills. The subject of this study is a collection of scores on mathematical creative thinking abilities, learning styles and mathematical communication skills of 26 students of the Laboratory High School UPI, tenth-grade (14 students of visual learning styles and 12 students of kinesthetic learning styles). This study is a comparative causal study. Analysis of data using ANCOVA because in this study involved one dependent variable namely the ability of interval-scale creativity and two independent variables namely category-scale learning style and interval-scale mathematical communication skills as well as covariates. The results of the study show that;1) there is a linear relationship between mathematical communication skills and creative thinking abilities, which that the assumption of ANCOVA is fulfilled;2) there are differences in creative thinking skills between students who have a visual learning style with students kinesthetic learning styles without regard to mathematical communication skills, and based on the average creative thinking abilities of with kinesthetic learning styles higher than visual learning styles;3) there is a simultaneous influence between mathematical communication skills and learning styles towards creative thinking abilities.