Open AccessSTEM-PBL-Local Culture: Can It Improve Prospective Teachers’ Problem-solving and Creative Thinking Skills?
Author(s) -
Woro Sumarni,
Dinar Setiya Rumpaka,
Sri Wardani,
Sri Susilogati Sumarti
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of innovation in educational and cultural research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2722-9696
pISSN - 2722-9688
DOI - 10.46843/jiecr.v3i2.65
Subject(s) - nonprobability sampling , mathematics education , test (biology) , creative problem solving , product (mathematics) , creative thinking , problem based learning , pearson product moment correlation coefficient , psychology , control (management) , pedagogy , creativity , mathematics , social psychology , computer science , sociology , statistics , artificial intelligence , population , paleontology , demography , geometry , biology
This study aims to analyze the effect of applying problem-based learning with a STEM approach integrated with local culture (STEM-PBL-local culture) on improving creative thinking and problem-solving skills and determine the relationship between creative thinking and problem-solving skills. This research is an experimental study with a pretest-posttest non-equivalent control group design. A total of 72 prospective teachers who attended introductory chemistry courses at teacher education institutions were selected by purposive sampling. The test instrument is validated open-ended questions. Data analysis used an independent t-test. Pearson's product-moment correlation test is used to determine the relationship between problem-solving and creative thinking skills. The results show significant differences between the experimental and control groups. Students in the experimental group who received STEM-PBL-local culture experienced an improvement in creative thinking and problem-solving skills in the medium category, while the control group experienced an improvement in the low category. The Pearson product-moment correlation test shows that creative thinking and problem-solving skills have a significant relationship with a high level of correlation.