Silvia Bella Yolanda 

Universitas Jember

DOI: https://doi.org/10.19184/se.v2i1.11798 

ABSTRACT 

The lack of involvement of a student in a learning process or in other words that is eacher center, it can cause a student or student to experience low power to think creatively, both in terms of intellectual, concentration, confidence and personality. As well as in a learning process there is a problem regarding the lack or lack of students' understanding of the concept of science subjects. This research was made in order to improve the application of models in science learning for junior high school students who use students' creative thinking skills and understanding the science concept, and see that schools have implemented the learning model or not. In this study using descriptive analysis method with data retrieval through a test interview process about learning materials with some junior high school students of class IX. The sample of this study was taken from Public Middle School 3 Rambipuji using 25 students. From the results of research that has been done through interview tests it can be stated that 70% of students of SMP Negeri 3 Rambipuji have answered well and in terms of creative thinking and understanding the concept is good. So that it can be stated that the application of the science learning model by using creative thinking methods and methods of understanding concepts is very important and influential in learning activities.

Keywords: Students' Creative Thinking Skills, Understanding the Science Concept