On the implementation of project-based learning to improve the students creative thinking skills in solving rainbow antimagic coloring problems

Abstract

This study was intended to know the implementation of project-based learning to improve creative thinking skills of students in solving rainbow anti-magic coloring problems. The methods used in this study were a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods. The quantitative method was used for the statistical analysis of test, while the qualitative method was used to analyse data that are related to the results of the test on each indicator and the results of phase portraits. This research used two classes, experimental and control, in which each class consisted of 26 students as respondents. Both classes were given treatments with different type of learning model. In the experimental class, the learning instruments that have been developed was applied along with a project-based learning method, while in the control class only used project based learning. The results of creative thinking skills of the students for control class indicated that 53% of students were categorized as low, 37% of students were categorized as medium, and 10% of students were high-level creative thinking skill while in the experimental class 34% of students were low, 44% of students were medium, and 22% of students were high-level creative thinking skill. The homogeneity test result of two classes, using a pre-test result, showed p–value of 0.701 > 0.05; therefore, the mean difference between classes was not significant. The inferential statistical result of the independent sample t-test on the post-test showed p–value 0.0053 (p < 0.05), which was significant. It can be concluded that project-based learning has a significant effect for improving creative thinking skills of the students in solving rainbow anti-magic coloring.