Profile of pre-service physics teachers’ creative thinking skills on wave and optics course

Abstract

Interference and diffraction are topics that are generally dominated by abstract concepts and concepts that states the name of a process that was commonly causes learning difficulties. This study aims to describe the profile of pre-service physics teachers’ (PPTs) thinking styles and creative thinking (CrT) skills on wave and optics courses. The study is a survey involved 46 fifth semester PPTs at one of the universities in Ternate city. Data related to PPTs’ thinking styles were collected through the Yanpiaw Creative-Critical Styles Test. Data related to PPTs’ CrT skills were collected through tests of CrT skills. The data of CrT skills were analyzed descriptively. Results revealed that the profile of CrT for the group of PPTs with creative thinking style can be categorized as high, while for the group of PPTs with balance, critical and superior critical thinking style can be categorized as low.