Students’ creative thinking ability in learning mathematics through learning model of Logan Avenue Problem Solving (LAPS) – Heuristic

Abstract

Students’ mathematical creative thinking ability has not met the expectation. One of the efforts to develop creative thinking ability is implementing the learning model of LAPS-Heuristic. This paper focuses on the development of students’ mathematical creative thinking ability through the LAPS-Heuristic model. The learning instruments used in the LAPS-Heuristic model have been developed through the ADDIE development model. The data were students’ achievement on mathematical creative thinking ability obtained from the pilot test. This test is part of the implementation stages of the ADDIE model. The participants were 30 students in grade 8 of a junior high school in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. The results show that the development of students’ mathematical creative thinking abilities during the learning with the LAPS-Heuristic model varied. The indicator of fluency and flexibility decreased in the second meeting but was followed by an increasing result in the subsequent meetings. The indicator of originality had an increasing result at the third meeting and remained the same for the following meeting. Meanwhile, the elaboration indicator showed an increasing result in each meeting. Overall, the development of students’ mathematical creative thinking abilities could be developed by maximizing the heuristic questions posed to students.