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.