Abstract:
The research has been carried out at the Islamic junior high school of East
Lampung to determine the effectiveness of the Connecting, Organizing,
Reflecting, and Extending (CORE) learning model on students’ creative
thinking skills on sound waves topic. The research method used was a quasiexperimental design with Non-Equivalent Control Group Design. Data on
creative thinking skill were collected using essay test instrument. This
research was conducted on the eighth-grade students of an Islamic senior
high school in East Lampung with a sample of 60 students taken by using
purposive sampling technique. Based on the Effect Size test, the
effectiveness value of the CORE model on students’ creative thinking skills
are 0.48 which is in the medium category. These results prove that the CORE
learning model is effective in enhancing students’ creative thinking skills on
sound wave material. This study also provides a storyboard on how to apply
an effective CORE model to improve students’ creative thinking abilities.
Keywords:
CORE learning model
Creative thinking
Sound waves
