PENINGKATAN KEMAMPUAN BERPIKIR KREATIF SISWA MELALUI PEMBERIAN SOAL-SOAL OPEN- ENDED

Abstract

In Globalization era, each student is required to prepare himself to be able to compete to face the future challenge. The creativity is needed to be able to survive in a condtion which always change. Besides, it plays a role to determine students’ success to  participate and contribute to solve probelems in the future. The craetivity is required in educational system at school. By implementing the creativity in eductaion system, the students are expected to be able to find different ideas to solve problems faced, so, the divergen and progressive ideas  can compete in the future globalization. The open-ended questions requiring various strategies in solving the problems allow students to think creativedly. The open-ended questions help students to solve the problems craetively and appreciate thinking-variety that possibly appears in solving problems. The open-ended questions are important to inrease the way of thinking of students. In other words, implementing the opne-ended questions can prove students, creative thinking.

Key Words: open ended question, the ability of creative thinking.