Ellianawati Ellianawati, Suharto Linuwih, Teguh Darsono, Rizki Nurul Hayati, Nada Syifa Salsabila, Zahrunnabilah
Critical and creative thinking skills are crucial for prospective physics teachers in dealing with learning in various situations. Unexpected conditions such as this pandemic period are a serious challenge to prepare prospective teachers to become adaptive teachers. Mini-project-based learning has been carried out and is able to trigger them to think critically to solve learning problems and creatively design mini-projects to explain physics concepts. Through observe-imitate-and modify (OIM) strategies, prospective physics teacher students can demonstrate critical thinking indicators through writing research results and displaying creativity indicators from the resulting project designs. Mini-project-based learning not only trains critical and creative thinking skills but also provides experience to be able to solve teaching problems in difficult situations. © 2023 Author(s).
Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, Universitas Negeri Semarang, Jl. Raya Sekaran Gunungpati, Semarang, 50229, Indonesia
