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For the last chapter, it is elaborated the answer of research questions that stated before. Besides, obstacles that found during this research are
presented as recommendation for further research.
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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
A. Research Method and Design
1. Research Method
This research is aimed to investigate current situation of students’
creativity and concept understanding in science mini-project activity, not including its impact or effectiveness toward students’ achievement. Based
on this, descriptive research method is used to investigate problems and explain why something is
occurs. There’s no given treatment or manipulation on object of research. Instead, natural setting condition is
captured as a report Arikunto, 2010.
2. Research Design
Non-experimental with natural descriptive design is used in this research as purposed to provide a description of phenomena. Current situation of
research variables are elaborated descriptively and classified based on its types, characteristics, or condition, then draw into conclusion Arikunto,
2010.
B. Subject of Research
Subject of this research is students of science class in 7
th
grade in one of the school at Padalarang with number of participant is 19.
This subject of research is chosen under purposed of the responsible teacher of subjects which used to implement science mini-project activity in
Adinda Gladya Puspasari, 2014 Profile Of Student Creativity And Concept Understanding On Science Mini-Project Activity In
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order to equip high achiever students with supported learning activity and experience meaningful learning to develop their skills and understanding.
C. Operational Definition
To avoid the differences in perception, there are explanations about the terms that used in this research, as follows:
1. Students’ Creativity
Creativity is the ability to think about something in novel and unusual ways and come up with unique solutions to problems. S
tudents’ creativity in this research is investigated from the product that created by subject on
science mini-project. Students’ creativity is measured by Creative Product
Analysis Matrix CPAM that developed by Besemer and Treffiger in 1981 under three dimensions: novelty, resolution, and elaboration and
synthesis. This creativity scoring is measured on three different conditions; plan as individual, product design as a group, and group
presentation by using the development of CPAM rubric scoring as an instrument.
2. Students’ Concept Understanding
Concept understanding in this research is represented as knowledge related to concept that students need in cognitive process which leads to
their ability in solving problem on creative product. Concept understandi
ng is analyzed from students’ elaboration in individual plan, product design, presentation, and communication book. Students’ concept
understanding explains how students answer the problem under concept
