Problem Identification PROFILE OF STUDENTS’ CREATIVITY AND CONCEPT UNDERSTANDING ON SCIENCE MINI-PROJECT ACTIVITY IN ENERGY CONSERVATION.

Adinda Gladya Puspasari, 2014 Profile Of Student Creativity And Concept Understanding On Science Mini-Project Activity In Energy Conservation Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia | repository.upi.edu | perpustakaan.upi.edu According to the elaboration on background above, facilitating classroom activity to provide students with their creativity is important. Not every classroom activities give an answer for this problem, and science mini- project is categorized to be one of them with supported condition without neglecting the importance of concept understanding. Through science mini- project activity, students’ creativity and concept understanding is investigated. How science mini-project could facilitate students with creative learning to show creativity profile based on product, and how concept understanding of students supports creative product ideas in giving solution toward given problems on science mini-project activity.

C. Research Problem and Questions

Based on the background above, the research problem is “How is the profile of students’ creativity and concept understanding on science mini- project activity in energy conservation? ”. By the problems above, this research purposed to answer the following questions: 1. How is the profile of students’ creativity on science mini-project activity in energy conservation? 2. How is the profile of students’ concept understanding on science mini- project activity in energy conservation? 3. How is students’ response toward the facilitation of creativity and understanding on science mini-project activity in energy conservation concept?

D. Research Objectives

Adinda Gladya Puspasari, 2014 Profile Of Student Creativity And Concept Understanding On Science Mini-Project Activity In Energy Conservation Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia | repository.upi.edu | perpustakaan.upi.edu Based on the problems that elaborated above, the objectives of this study are: 1. To investigate the profile of students’ creativity in energy conservation concept through science mini-project activity, 2. To investigate the profile of students’ concept understanding due to their creativity through science mini-project activity in energy conservation, 3. To investigate students’ response toward the facilitation of creativity and concept understanding on science mini-project activity in energy conservation.

E. Research Benefits

This research is expected to give benefits for: 1. Researcher; in giving contribution towards the development of science education, 2. Subjects of research; a. By giving new experience of learning science that differs from usual, b. Providing opportunities to have classroom activity with several skills and competencies, especially creativity and concept understanding in creative product ideas making, 3. Educators; as an insight in giving towards new kind of thing as focus of research and learning; which is creativity, 4. Other researchers; as a point of reference and information in running further research in science education or comparative material for next research which may examine the same focus of problem.