The Improvement of Learning Motivation and Creative Thinking Skills of Senior High School Students Through Modified Problem Based Learning Model

Abstract

This research aims at determining the effect of learning models on motivation, creative thinking skills, and cognitive learning results of students of Senior High School 6 of Ambon, Indonesia. This research is a quasi-experimental research using a non-equivalent pretest-post-test control group design. The subjects of this research were class XI Science students with the total number of 40 students. One group was taught by using the Modified Problem Based Learning (M-PBL) and the other group was taught by using the discovery learning model. Research data were collected using test and non-test instruments. The data were analyzed by using ANCOVA with a significance level of 5%. The results of the analysis show that the significance value of the learning model towards students’ learning motivation and cognitive learning results was 0.000<0.05. The significance value of learning model towards students' academic skill was 0.000<0.05. The significance value of the learning model towards students' creative thinking skills was 0.0300.05. The results of this research indicate that the implementation of M-PBL learning model has an effect on students’ learning motivation, creative thinking skills, and learning results better than that of the discovery learning model