PENGARUH AKTIVITAS MUSIK DENGAN METODE DRUM CIRCLE TERHADAP KEMAMPUAN BERPIKIR KREATIF SISWA SEKOLAH MENENGAH PERTAMA X DI SIDOARJO
Abstract
Creative thinking is one of the important skills needed for critical thinking and
problem solving. Musical activity is one of many ways to stimulate creative thinking
ability. There are many musical activity method and one of them is drum circle.
This method focuses on creative process such as improvising and composing, thus
potential to stimulate creative thinking ability. Hence drum circle is chosen to be
the independent variable in this study. Research type used in this study is controlled
lab experiment and the research design is pre-test post-test control group design.
The participants are 60 students from junior high school who are currently at 7th
grade. Creative thinking ability is measured using TKF. Data analyzed by using ttest
independent sample and the result gained is t= 2.514, signification is 0.019
(p<0.05) therefore it there's difference on the level of creative thinking ability
between experiment group and control group. This result proves that drum circle
method can enhance creative thinking ability. The result of this study shows that
music education should focus more on processes done in drum circle such as
improvising and composing to stimulate creative thinking ability of the students.