Abstract:
This study aimed to describe the creative thinking ability of biology
students in the ethnobotany course. The type of research used was
descriptive research using a quantitative approach. The research
subjects were 28 students taking ethnobotany courses in the Biology
Study Program at IAIN Palangka Raya. The data were collected using
the question instrument. Fluency, flexibility, originality, elaboration,
and evaluation indicators of creative thinking ability. The results show
that students' creative thinking abilities were divided into high,
medium, and low. The creative thinking ability of biology students was
dominantly in the low category. The students' creative thinking ability
in the high category was evaluation. Furthermore, the students'
creative thinking ability in the medium category was fluency, and the
low categories were flexibility, originality, and elaboration. These
results urged that teaching materials be developed to improve
students' creative thinking ability.
