USING TASK LIKE PISA’S PROBLEM TO SUPPORT STUDENT’S CREATIVITY IN MATHEMATICS

Creativity is one of the keys to success in the evolving global economy and also be a fundamental skill that is necessary for the 21st century. Also In mathematics, creativity or thinking creatively is important to be developed because creativity is an integral part of mathematics. However, limiting the use of creativity in the classroom reduces mathematics to a set of skills to master and rules to memorize. Doing so causes many children’s natural curiosity and enthusiasm for mathematics to disappear as they get older, creating a tremendous problem for mathematics educators who are trying to instill these very qualities. To investigate the increase in awareness of elementary school students’ creativity in solving math’ problems by using the task like PISA’s Question, a qualitative research emphasizing on the holistic description was conducted. We used a formative evaluation type of development research as a mean to develop mathematical tasks like PISA’s question that have the potential effect to support students’ creativity in mathematics. Ten elementary school students of grade 6 in Palembang were involved in this research. They judged the task given to them is very challenging and provokes their curiosity. The result showed that work like PISA’s question can encourage students to more creatively in mathematics.