MATARAM THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SCIENCE INTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS BASED ON SAVI APPROACH TO ENHANCE CREATIVITY OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SMPN 3 MATARAM

The study aimed to determine the effectiveness of science intructional materials based on SAVI approach (Somatic, Auditory, Visual, Intellectual) in improving the creativity of students of SMPN 3 Mataram on organizational life system topic. The population of this study was all seventh grade students consisting of 172 students. The samples of this research are class VII-1 (26 students) as experiment class and class VII-3 (26 students) as control class. Samples were taken using simple random sampling technique. Creativity instruments were proven to be valid (> 0.413) and reliable (> 0.80). Student creativity data was collected by essay test. The average creativity score of learners using learning materials based on SAVI and non-SAVI approach were 61.48 and 30.31, respectively. Based on the level of significance (tcalculated = 5.933 > ttable = 2.069, p = 0.000). It indicated that SAVI-based teaching materials are effective for improving the creativity of learners.