ANALISIS PROSES DAN TINGKAT BERPIKIR KREATIF SISWA SMP DALAM PEMECAHAN MASALAH BENTUK SOAL CERITA MATERI LINGKARAN DITINJAU DARI KECEMASAN MATEMATIKA

Abstract

Abstract: The aim of this research was to analyze the process and level of creative thinking of junior high school students based on mathematics anxiety’s students. The subjects of this research were taken by using purposive sampling. The Subjects of this research were six 9^th grade students of SMP N 3 Colomadu Karanganyar regency. The data were collected by questionnaire and task-based interview technique and validated by using time triangulation. The data were analyzed by collection, reduction, presentation, and conclusion. The results of this research were: (1) students with high mathematics anxiety had level 1 (almost not creative) and the processes were at preparation stage, students feel difficult to understand and identify the problem; at the incubation stage, students found the idea from picture’s observation; at illumination stage, students could not  make mathematics statement based on the problem enough; at verification stage, students read or counted again for investigating the answer and they could resume the result appropriate the reality of the problem, (2) students with medium mathematics anxiety had level 1 (almost not creative) and level 2 (quite creative), and the processes were at preparation stage, students could understand and identify the problem well; at the incubation stage, students found the idea from picture’s observation; at illumination stage, students could make mathematics statement based on the problem well; at verification stage, students counted again for investigating the answer and they could resume the result appropriate the reality of the problem, (3) students with low mathematics anxiety had level 2 (quite creative), and the processes were at preparation stage, students could understand and identify the problem so well; at the incubation stage, students found the idea from picture’s observation and from the knowledge before; at illumination stage, students could make mathematics statement based on the problem so well; at verification stage, students counted again for investigating the answer and they could resume the result appropriate the reality of the problem.

Keywords: creative thinking processes; creative thinking level; word problem solving; mathematics anxiety.