APPLICATION OF THE PROJECT BASED LEARNING (PjBL) LEARNING MODEL TO IMPROVE STUDENTS' MATHEMATICAL CREATIVE THINKING ABILITIES

Abstract

This research aims to determine the increase in creative thinking abilities mathematics student between student who receive the Project Based Learning (PBL) learning model and student who receive the conventional learning model. The method used in this research is an quasi experimental, with the research design the nonequivalent pretest-posttest control group research design. The population design in this research were all student at SMAN Binong with purposive sampling. The samples used were class X-6 as the experimental class and X-4 as control class. the instrument used in this research were test and non-test instruments are used to measure students’ mathematical creative thinking abilities mathematics, while non-test instrument are used to determine student responses to application to the Project Based Learning (PBL) learning model. Based on research result, it show that (1) the increase in mathematical creative thiking abilities of students who receive the Project Based Learning (PBL) learning model is significantly higher than student who receive the conventional learning model;(2) the students show a positive response to the implementation of the Project Based Learning (PBL) learning model.