Bloom’s revised taxonomy-oriented learning activity to improve reading interest and creative thinking skills

Abstract

AbstractReading interest and students’ creative thinking skills cannot be optimal in the current learning process. Several things cause this. One of them is low learning models. It happens because the learning activities applied by the teacher are less innovative and varied. This study aims to analyze the effect of using Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy-Oriented Learning Activities on reading interest and creative thinking skills of elementary school students. The study used a quasi-experimental research in the form of a pretest-posttest control group design. The population of this study was all fourth-grade students in Gugus 5, Kecamatan Buleleng consisted of 6 schools with 125 students. The determination of the sample is carried out using a cluster random sampling technique. The sample of this study was 58 students consisting of 30 fourth grade students as the experimental class and 28 fourth grade students as the control class. In this study, the data collection process used was a test and questionnaire method. The test method used is in the form of essay questions which are used to measure students’ creative thinking skills. The questionnaire method was used to measure students’ perceptions of reading interest. Data analysis methods used are quantitative descriptive analysis and inferential statistical analysis. The hypothesis testing used in this study was Manova, with 0.00 < 0.05. Based on the analysis results, Bloom revision taxonomy-oriented learning activities effectively increase students’ reading interest and creative thinking skills. Learning activities that are applied can increase activity and develop students’ abilities in the learning process.

Keywords

• Creative thinking
• reading interest
• Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy