The effect of creative-collaborative problem solving to enhance cognitive ability and creative thinking skills in term of facilitating pre-service primary teachers solving thermal problems
D Maulana1*, A Suhandi1, 2, E Syaodih3, H Handayani1, B Maftuh1 and A Samsudin2

1Program Studi Magister Pendidikan Dasar, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Jl. Dr. Setiabudhi No. 229 Bandung 40154, Indonesia
2Departemen Pendidikan Fisika, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Jl. Dr. Setiabudhi No. 229 Bandung 40154, Indonesia
3Program Studi Pendidikan Anak Usia Dini, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Jl. Dr. Setiabudhi No. 229 Bandung 40154, Indonesia

Abstract

Currently cognitive ability and creative thinking skills have been being warm issues and they need to be developed to solve the problems regarding to the electricity problems. This research aims to facilitate the creative-collaborative problem solving to enhance cognitive ability and creative thinking skills. A fourthy pre-service primary teachers have been involved in to pre-experimental method with pre- and post tests design (30 male and 10 female). The instruments about creative thinking skills and cognitive skills have already developed to measure the creativity and cognitive ability of students. The data show that the in-service primary teachers have high about 80% for creative thinking skills and moderate level for cognitive ability as weel. In conclusion, creative-collaborative problem solving is able to enhance effectively cognitive ability and creative thinking skills on thermal concepts (themperature, heat tranfer and matter change).

Keywords: Problem Solving, Creative Collaborative, Creative Collaborative Problem Solving, creative thinking

Topic: 3. Physics Education