THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MATHEMATICS TEACHING WITH OPEN-ENDED APPROACH TO UIN SUSKA RIAU MATHEMATICS STUDENT'S ABILITY OF MATHEMATICAL CREATIVE THINKING.

Abstract

Creative thinking and analytical thinking are both important ability in solving mathematical problems. But in most of the current formal education of mathematics, learning mathematics often focuses on developing analytical thinking skills only, while creative thinking skills are often overlooked, including in higher education. Therefore, it takes an effort to improve the creative thinking abilities of students by providing learning activities that can support the development of their creative abilities. Open-ended learning approach is one of learning approaches that allows students to cultivate creative thinking skills and make them actively involved in learning activities in lectures. Open-ended approach uses open-ended questions as a learning tool. An experimental study was conducted to find out the difference of creative mathematical thinking ability of students in the learning discrete mathematics by using an open-ended approach and their attitude toward learning. The research was conducted by using control group pretestposttest design. The population of this research was students who took discrete mathematics subject in academic year of the Department of Mathematics Education o f U IN Suska Riau, while the samples in this study were class A and B students who were randomly selected from all students as the control class and experimental class. The instrument used to collect data consisted of creative mathematical test contained math questions to measure ability of students' mathematical creative thinking. In addition, questiormaire on students' attitude with Likert-scale model to find out the students' attitudes towards learning by using open-ended ap^xozch. Based on analysis of data from the post-test results and findings of this research, it can be concluded that students' mathematical creative thinking skills learned by using open-ended approach is better than mathematical creative thinking ability of students who obtain regular learning. Based on questionnaire responses on the students' attitudes, students have a positive attitude towards learning by using open-ended approach