THE PROFILE OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS CREATIVITY IN SOLVING NUMBER PATTERN PROBLEMS BASED ON MATHEMATICAL ABILITIES

One of the aims of 2013 curriculum is preparing students so that can creative thinking. Creativity is needed by students to find the solution of a real problem. The important components that be used to assess creativity are fluency, flexibility, and novelty. Number pattern problem solving is one of supporting activities can exercise and develop students’ creativity. Strategies in problem solving are influenced by mathematical abilities of students. This research is a descriptive qualitative research with the aim to describe the profile of junior high school students’ creativity in solving number pattern problems based on mathematical abilities. The subjects of this research consist of three students are determined by high, medium, and low level mathematical abilities. Instruments consist of mathematical ability test, number pattern problem solving task, and interview. The research results showed that the creativity profile of student with high-level mathematical ability could show flexibility and novelty components. While, student with medium-level mathematical ability could show flexibility and novelty components. Compared with them student with low-level mathematical ability could show novelty component