Unnes Journal of Mathematics Education Research
Vol 9 No 2 (2020): December 2020

Student’s Creative Thinking Skills Viewed by Adversity Quotient and Mathematics Anxiety in Grade VIII

Wahyuningtyas, Febriana (Unknown)
Suyitno, Hardi (Unknown)
Asikin, Mohammad (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
23 Dec 2020

Abstract

Creativity, math anxiety, and adversity quotient play a significant role in mathematics. This study aims to describe student’s creative thinking skills viewed by adversity quotient and mathematics anxiety. This research is a descriptive qualitative approach. Subjects in this study were students of SMP N 9 Semarang, and students of SMP N 8 Semarang grade VIII who selected by adversity quotient and mathematics anxiety. Data was collecting by questionnaire, observation, test, and interview. The result showed that (1) creative thinking skills in climber students classified creative (able to satisfy fluency, flexibility, and novelty) and less creative (able to satisfy fluency, and flexibility), (2) creative thinking skills in camper students classified less creative, they were able to satisfy fluency, and flexibility , (3) creative thinking skills in quitter students classified not creative, they were only able to satisfy fluency.

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