The Influence of STEM-Integrated Learning Cycle 7E on Students- Creative Thinking Skills in The Topic of Temperature and Heat
Parno (a*), Lia Yuliati (a), Edi Supriana (a), Ahmad Taufiq (a), Marlina binti Ali (b), Anula Ning Widarti (c), and Umi Azizah (c)
(a) Physics Education, Universitas Negeri Malang, Jl.Semarang No.5, Malang 65145, Indonesia
*parno.fmipa[at]um.ac.id
(b) Department of Educational Science, Mathematics and Creative Multimedia, Faculty of Education, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Skudai Johor, Malaysia
(c) Graduate School Universitas Negeri Malang, Jl.Semarang No.5, Malang 65145, Indonesia
Abstract
This research aims to study the influence of STEM-Integrated Learning Cycle 7E on students- creative thinking skills in the topic of temperature and heat using a quasi experimental research with Pre- and Posttest Design. The research subject is 66 grade XI students of MAN II Batu Indonesia. They are distributed in the experiment (n=30) and the control (n=36) classes and received, respectively, STEM-Integrated Learning Cycle 7E, and Learning Cycle 7E models. The research instrument is students- Creative Thinking Skills Test with 0.803 alpha Cronbach reliability. The data is analyzed using descriptive, t test, N-gain, and effect size. The result shows that the STEM approach can increase creative thinking skills as indicated by the significantly higher average skill score obtained by the experiment class. Beside that, both classes increase the skill from Almost Not Creative to Creative levels. Also, both classes increase it at a medium category. Furthermore, especially for fluency indicator, the experiment class obtains a high category. The practical implementation of STEM-Integrated Learning Cycle 7E model has a very large impact than Learning Cycle 7E class in increasing the students- creative thinking skills. The experiment class students give higher positive response than control class for learning process.
Keywords: STEM, Learning Cycle 7E, Creative Thinking Skills, Temperature and Heat
Topic: Physics Education