The framework of project-based learning (PJBL) activities with steam approach in enhancing creative thinking skills in solving data presentation problems based on ethnomathematics

Abstract

Creative thinking skills play a crucial role in the 21st-century transformation era. Creative thinking skills influence the ability to generate ideas, discover connections, stimulate imagination, and have various perspectives. Creative thinking skills can be improved by applying Project Based Learning (PjBL) integrated with the STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) approach. The STEM-based learning method applies knowledge and skills simultaneously to solve a case. This approach is a 21st-century learning approach to produce human resources with quality cognitive, psychomotor, and affective abilities. Students' creative thinking skills must be improved because the learning models used so far are still lacking in integration with STEM and related to ethnomathematics-based learning. Therefore, this study is about improving creative thinking skills through the application of Project Based Learning (PjBL) integrated with the STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) approach based on ethnomathematics by presenting local wisdom-themed problems that stimulate students' learning spirit in formulating solutions through the presentation of data using recycled materials.