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This article reports on a qualitative study intended to identify the characteristics or stages of students' creative thinking process. The study put nine eighth graders into the pool of the subjects: eight students were taken from SMP (Junior High School) Negeri 5, Sidoarjo and one student from SMP (Junior High School) Al Hikmah, Surabaya. Tasks to be completed by the students and interview guides were used to collect the data. The results indicate that the process of students' creative thinking involves stages which include synthesis of ideas, generation of ideas, planning to apply the ideas, and the application of the ideas. The results also show that the every stage of the creative thinking process is distinct from one another.

Abstract: Empowering Mathematics Teachers to Improve Creative Thinking of Elementary-School Students. This experimental study is intended to develop mathematics teachers’ competences in designing teaching and learning strategies that enhance students’ creative thinking. In addition, the study portrays teachers’ creative thinking as well as their competences in planning and implementing problem-solving and problem-posing teaching models. Utilizing a pre-test post-test single group design, this study involved mathematics teachers of the third, fourth, and sixth grades of two elementary schools. The results suggest that the teachers’ creative thinking is of good level; they are creative enough in solving and posing mathematical problems as reflected in their mean score of 92.6. Their competences in planning and implementinglie in good category. Overall, it can be concluded that the teachers are professionally empowered in develo ping students’ creative thinking. Abstrak: Pemberdayaan Guru dalam Pembelajaran Matematika untuk Meningkatkan Kemampuan Berpikir Kreatif Siswa SD. Implementasi pembelajaran matematika di SD untuk mendorong berpikir kreatif masih lemah. Penelitian ini bertujuan memberdayakan guru-guru SD dalam mengembangkan pembelajaran matematika yang memberi bekal kemampuan berpikir kreatif dan memberikan gambaran kemampuan berpikir kreatif guru dan kemampuannya merencanakan serta mengimplementasikan model pembelajaran pengajuan dan pemecahan masalah matematika. Penelitian eksperimen rancangan pretes postes kelompok tunggal sekaligus deskriptif dilakukan terhadap masing-masing dua guru kelas III, IV, dan V SD di kabupaten Sidoarjo. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kemampuan berpikir kreatif guru SD berada pada tingkat lebih dari cukup kreatif, dan hasil rata-rata kemampuannya dalam memecahkan dan membuat soal adalah 92,6. Kemampuan guru dalam melaksanakan pembelajaran termasuk kategori lebih dari “baik”. Disimpulkan bahwa guru telah berdaya dan mem iliki kemampuan mengembangkan pembelajaran yang mendorong berpikir kreatif siswa.

Abstract: The Thinking Process of Primary-school Students of Different Sexes in Estimating Arithmetic Problems. This case study is intended to explore the thinking process of the fifth-year students of different sexes in estimating arithmetic problems. Two students, one male and one female, belonging to the high achievers in a mathematics test were selected for the study and then interviewed, assigned to solve arithmetic problems, and finally asked to think aloud their thinking process. The study reveals that the thinking process of both the male and female subjects is in the form of accommodation as they ap­proached the arithmetic problems by repeatedly reading the tasks. Though employing the same thinking process, in the planning stage, the male subject made use of rounding and compatible number strategies, whereas the female one used only rounding strategy. In implementing the plan, the male subject em­ployed mental counting through assimilation, but the female one used algorithm through accommoda­tion. In the evaluating stage, the male subject traced back his work through mental counting, while the female one utilized reverse operations. Abstrak: Proses Berpikir Siswa SD dalam Melakukan Estimasi Masalah Berhitung Berdasarkan Jenis Kelamin. Penelitian ini ingin mendeskripsikan proses berpikir siswa laki-laki dan perempuan yang berkemampuan matematika tinggi dalam melakukan estimasi. Penelitian dilakukan di kelas V SD, dengan subjek satu siswa laki-laki dan satu siswa perempuan yang memiliki skor 75 ke atas dalam tes kemampuan matematika. Data dikumpulkan dengan wawancara, pemberian tes dan think aloud. Analisis dilakukan dengan menelaah seluruh data, reduksi data, pengolompokan data, kategorisasi, pengkodean, dan pemeriksaan kredibilitas data dengan triangulasi waktu. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa proses berpikir keduanya adalah akomodasi. Dalam membuat rencana, laki-laki menggunakan rounding dan compatible number strategy, sedangkan perempuan menggunakan rounding strategy. Dalam me­laksanakan rencana, laki-laki berhitung secara mental melalui proses berpikir asimilasi, sedangkan perem­puan berhitung menggunakan algoritma melalui proses berpikir akomodasi. Dalam mengecek pekerjaan, laki-laki menelusuri dengan berhitung mental, sedangkan perempuan menggunakan operasi balikan.