ABSTRAK
Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk meningkatkan kemampuan berpikir kreatif dan mengurangi miskonsepsi pada materi ekologi siswa kelas X MIPA 3 SMA Negeri 6 Surakarta tahun pelajaran 2014/2015 melalui penerapan e-module berbasis Problem-Based Learning.
Penelitian merupakan penelitian tindakan kelas yang dilaksanakan dalam 2 siklus. Setiap siklus terdiri atas 4 tahap yaitu perencanaan, tindakan, observasi, dan refleksi. Subjek penelitian adalah seluruh siswa kelas X MIPA 3 SMA Negeri 6 Surakarta yang terdiri dari 9 siswa laki-laki dan 21 siswa perempuan. Teknik pengumpulan data melalui tes uraian untuk mengukur kemampuan berpikir kreatif yang mencakup aspek kelancaran, keluwesan, keaslian, dan keterincian; tes pilihan ganda beralasan terbuka (two-tier diagnostic test) untuk mengukur miskonsepsi pada materi ekologi; serta observasi dan wawancara sebagai data pendukung. Data dianalisis dengan teknik deskriptif kualitatif yang terdiri dari tiga komponen yaitu  reduksi data, penyajian data, dan penarikan kesimpulan. Validasi data menggunakan  triangulasi metode. Target penelitian yaitu kemampuan berpikir kreatif meningkat 20% dan miskonsepsi siswa pada materi ekologi berkurang 20% dari pratindakan.
Hasil penelitian menunjukkan adanya peningkatkan kemampuan berpikir kreatif sebesar 24,68% pada aspek kelancaran, 34,17% pada aspek keluwesan, 50% pada aspek keaslian, dan 21,67% pada aspek keterincian. Hasil lain menunjukkan penurunan miskonsepsi siswa pada materi ekologi sebesar 43,42% pada konsep populasi, 32,78% pada konsep komunitas, 20,6% pada konsep rantai dan jaring-jaring makanan, dan  47,92% pada konsep ekologi dalam konteks salingtemas.
Berdasarkan hasil tersebut dapat disimpulkan bahwa penerapan e-module berbasis Problem-Based Learning dapat meningkatkan kemampuan berpikir kreatif dan mengurangi miskonsepsi siswa pada materi ekologi.
Kata Kunci: e-module berbasis Problem-Based Learning, miskonsepsi, berpikir kreatif
ABSTRACT
This research aimed to improve creative thinking ability and to reduce misconception on ecology in the students of X MIPA 3 of SMA Negeri 6 Surakarta in the academic of 2014/2015 through the application of e-module based on Problem-Based Learning.
This research was a Classroom Action Research conducted in two cycles. Each cycle consisted of four stages: planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. The subject of research was the X MIPA 3 graders of SMA Negeri 6 Surakarta in the academic of 2014/2015 consisting of 9 boys and 21 girls. Techniques of collecting data used were essay test to measured creative thinking ability to catch fluency, flexibility, originality, and elaboration aspect; open ended reasoning of two-tier diagnostic test to measure misconception on ecology; observation and interview as the proponent data. The data were analyzed using descriptive qualitative technique consists of three components: data reduction, data presentation, and taking the conclusion. Data validation of this research was triangulation method. Target of the research is an increase 20% on creative thinking aspects and decrease misconception 20% on ecology concepts at the end of the cycle.
The result of research showed that there was an increase in each aspect of creative thinking ability: 24.68% of fluency, 34.17% of flexibility, 50% of originality, and 21.67% of elaboration. On the other side, the  result of research also showed that there was a decrease in misconception in the important concepts of ecology including: 43.42% of population, 32.78% of community, 20.6% of food chain and web, and 47.92% of the ecology concept in science, environment, technology and community (salingtemas).
Based on the data analysis result, it can be concluded that the application of e-module based on Problem-Based Learning is able to improve the ability of creative thinking and to reduce the students’ misconception in ecology.
Keywords: e-module based on Problem-Based Learning, misconception, creative thinking.