Analysis of mathematical creativity in the field of geometry in junior high school students

Nowadays, world civilization has entered the 21st century. One of the challenges of education in the 21st century is the development of human resources that have mathematical creativity. With mathematical creativity, students are trained to solve problems related to mathematics, students can facilitate their abilities, discuss various ways to find solutions, and make combinations of new knowledge or new problem solving techniques. This research has an aim to analyse mathematical creativity in the field of geometry in junior high school students in Surakarta. The research method used in this research is quantitative descriptive. The sample of this research is 56 students from 8th grade student of junior high school in Surakarta were taken by random sampling method that represent the population. The results of this research indicated that out of 56 students of junior high school in Surakarta have 2 students who are on level 3 of mathematical creativity, 17 students who are on level 2 of mathematical creativity, and 37 students who are on level 1 of mathematical creativity. These result can be used as preliminary data to determine the level of mathematical creativity students in Surakarta.

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