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Abstract: To recognize the creative thinking process of students in problem solving of fraction in elementary school needed the task which is possible to explore student’s creative thinking process. The task has to be designed so that it can explore student’s creative thinking process with indicator of fluency, flexibility and novelty. The task is designed in open ended problem so that student can use many strategies or give many answers. The task in this research is about deviding some cakes to some people so that each person get the same part. Descriptive-Qualitative research is conducted to understand that the designed task is valid and reliable. The rational analysis is done descriptively from the written data which is made by evaluator (researcher, colleagues and teachers), from the result of written task experiment and interview based task to students at 5th grade of SD Muhammadiyah 4 Surabaya. Its result is that the designed task using open ended problem can explore student’s creative thinking process and also some other findings.

 

 

creative thinking process, fluency, flexibility, novelty, problem solving, open ended problem, fraction