UPAYA PENINGKATAN BERPIKIR KREATIF PESERTA DIDIK SEKOLAH MENENGAH PERTAMA MELALUI PENDEKATAN TPACK (TECHNOLOGICAL PEDAGOGICAL CONTENT KNOWLEDGE) PADA PEMBELAJARAN IPA DI SMPN 1 JOMBANG

Abstract

This research was motivated by the low creative thinking abilities of students in the science content of Ecology material. Science is one of the mandatory subjects given at the elementary and middle school levels. The aim of this research is to improve the thinking skills of class VII students at SMP Negeri 1 Jombang for the 2023/2024 academic year by applying the TPACK (Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge) approach. This research uses the Classroom Action Research (PTK) method collaboratively with lecturers and class teachers. PTK is carried out in 2 cycles with two meetings each. In cycle I and cycle II activities, students' thinking attitudes increased to 31.93%, indicating that they were in the quite creative category with an average gain of 57.79%. And students' creative thinking abilities also increased, this was indicated by the results of video assessments in cycle I and cycle II increasing significantly by 37.5%. The video assessment results in cycle I were 56.75% and in cycle II were 94.25%. Based on the research conducted, there was an increase in students' creative thinking abilities by implementing the TPACK approach in the implementation of learning from cycle I and cycle II activities