The Divergent Thinking Ability of Fifth-Grade Students in Elementary Schools

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10.2991/assehr.k.200129.097How to use a DOI?

Keywords

divergent thinking ability, thematic learning, elementary school

Abstract

Divergent thinking ability plays an important role in the development of competencies in 21st century education. This study aims to analyze the divergent thinking ability of fifth-grade students in elementary school. This research approach was descriptive qualitative. The subjects of this study were the fifth-grade students State Elementary School of Mangkuyudan, Laweyan, Surakarta, Indonesia in the academic year 2019/2020. Sample selection used a purposive sampling method. The technique of collecting data used tests, interviews, and documentation. The data validity technique used triangulation techniques. Data analysis techniques used analysis of flow models through the stages of data reduction, data presentation, and conclusions. The results obtained were 1) the upper group students could write the developer sentence from each paragraph, mention three functions of animal motion organs, arrange a story (the use of punctuation, conjunctions, and exact capital letters), analyze attitudes that are not in accordance with Pancasila values accurately; 2) middle-class students could adequately describe the developer sentence from the story text, mention the proper functioning of the animal’s motion organs, but couldn’t analyze behavior that is incompatible with the principles of Pancasila; and 3) the lower group students couldn’t explain the developer sentence from a story text and can’t analyze behaviors that are in accordance with Pancasila values although the explanation isn’t detailed, but enough could make a story even though the grammar used isn’t in accordance with the rules of language. This study concludes that the fifth-grade students State Elementary School of Mangkuyudan have different divergent thinking ability.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Muna Fauziah
AU  - Sri Marmoah
AU  - Tri Murwaningsih
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/02/05
TI  - The Divergent Thinking Ability of Fifth-Grade Students in Elementary Schools
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Learning Innovation and Quality Education (ICLIQE 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 770
EP  - 784
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200129.097
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200129.097
ID  - Fauziah2020
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