Promoting Creative Mathematics Problem Solving Ability Regarding to Rectangle of Fifth Grade Students by Using Creativity Base Learning

Abstract

          Creative problem mathematics solving ability is a skill that focuses students on solving complex problems using knowledge combined with creativity that results in a variety of problem-solving and critical thinking that is essential in this century. This action research aimed to study an instructional guideline of using creative-based learning to promote creative mathematics problem-solving ability and to study a creative mathematics problem-solving ability after the instruction. Participants of the study were nine fifth-grade students from an extended opportunities school in Lampang province. Research instruments of this study included lesson plans, worksheets, an instructional reflection form, and a creative problem-solving test. The data was analyzed using content analysis and data triangulation. Results revealed a guideline for conducting creative-based learning to foster creative mathematics problem-solving ability including applying real-life open-ended problems that are appropriate to student performance, encouraging a variety of problem posing, brainstorming, exchanging solutions, presenting an idea to the whole class, justifying and criticizing solutions, and evaluating and developing the product. After learning, students showed development mostly in problem-finding skills, fact-finding skills, solution finding, idea finding, and knowledge-creating skills, respectively.