Gender Analysis in Learning Physics in Terms of Student SEPs Skills and Creative Thinking

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Yushinta Amalia, Sukarmin, Suharno

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Science and Engineering Practices (SEPs) skills and creative thinking are essential competencies in this 21st century. These skills are useful in forming a superior generation to face the industrial revolution, 4.0’s challenges. This study’s purpose was to determine whether students’ gender differences affected their SEPs skills and creative thinking. This research uses quantitative and qualitative analysis methods. This study involved 65 students, consisting of 17 male students and 48 female students from senior high schools in the Boyolali Regency, Indonesia. SEPs skills and creative thinking were measured using work and energy material. SEPs skills employed 13 TTMC questions developed based on the California Science Test Practice and analyzed using the Graded Response Model (GRM). Meanwhile, creative thinking skills utilized seven descriptive questions and scrutinized them using the SSCM model proposed by Hu & Adey. The results revealed that male students’ skills (SEPs and creative thinking skills) were better than female students.

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