VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF CHEMISTRY CREATIVITY TEST FOR MALAYSIAN CHEMISTRY STUDENTS

Abstract

In this 21st
-century education, the Ministry of Higher Education has highlighted thinking skills,
especially creative thinking skills among Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)
students. Scientific creativity is more suitable to be applied in the STEM field compared to general
creativity. This study aims to describe the Chemistry Creativity Test (CCT), validity, and CCT
reliability. The research used a survey design involving five experts from diverse expertise to validate
the CCT. This CCT used an open-ended question, including eight items to access the fluency, flexibility,
originality, and elaboration. The pilot tests' data from 27 Chemistry students are taken to analyze the
reliability. The study found that the Chemistry Creativity Test can be used for the implementation of
research. The reliability result from the SPSS shown that the alfa Cronbach is 0.700 after one item is
deleted and became seven items in total. The implication of this study is to provide the correctness and
consistency of the instrument. The tool can be applied to the research sample depending on the
researchers' research's suitability