Creative thinking profile of students in the completion of the area of 2D-shapes reviewed from the type of personality of Myer-Briggs dimension

Abstract

Creativity is a 21st Century skill that is needed by everyone. Creativity is born from the ability to think creatively. But, no one has connected creativity with personality. Personality The Myer Briggs’ dimension consists of 4 types of guardians personality students like coherent and systematic learning. Artisans’ students like active learning. Rationals students love the knowledge that uses logic. This study aims to determine students’ creative thinking abilities in solving mathematical problems in terms of the personality type dimensions of Myer-Briggs. The method used in this research is to use qualitative methods. Data collection was carried out in three stages, using questionnaires, written tests, and interviews. The survey was distributed throughout grade VII, and then one student was taken from each personality. The results showed the Guardian subject solves mathematical problems by arranging one or two ways, and the resulting method is fluent and flexible. Artisan’s subject solves mathematical problems by arranging one or two ways, and the resulting method is fluent and flexible, but still, there are misconceptions. Rational and Idealist subject solves mathematical problems by arranging one or two ways, the resulting method is fluent and flexible, but some answers are not new.