DEVELOPMENT OF CREATIVE THINKING SKILL INSTRUMENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Abstract

This study aims to describe the item analysis of creative science thinking skills instruments in environmental education courses. The characteristics of creativity in the context of higher education are the benchmark for this study, namely fluency, originality, elaboration, and flexibility. The method of research was research and development. The validity study of the instrument was carried out by two experts, and the instrument was tested on 26 students. According to the First Expert, the instrument can be used with little revision and the Second Expert states that the instrument can be used without revision. Therefore, the researchers concluded that the instrument can be used with little revision. Based on the trial data on the 12 questions developed, it was found that 5 of the questions needed to be revised before data collection, 6 questions had to be corrected, and 1 question item was not used/discarded. The revision includes the affirmation of question sentences or commands for questions with a status of accepted but needing to be corrected. Indicators of creativity that concern this study are fluency, originality, elaboration, and flexibility. Therefore, from the 5 question items, one question was chosen for each that represented the four indicators of creativity.