Representation of Creative Dimension in Material Exercises in Indonesian High School Textbooks

Abstract

Indonesian language learning faces challenges in developing materials that are not only informative but also stimulate creativity, because the greater focus on the effectiveness of teaching methods neglects the integration and measurement of creative dimensions in teaching materials. This article analyzes the elements and subelements of the creative dimension and the criteria used to identify and measure the presence of the creative dimension in material exercises. This type of research is qualitative descriptive with a content analysis approach, focusing on three elements of the creative dimension. The data source is the Indonesian language textbook "Cerdas Cergas Berbahasa dan Bersastra Indonesia Kelas X", the object of study includes verbal units in relevant material exercises. The data analysis stage, namely data collection with listening and note-taking techniques, data reduction, data categorization, and drawing conclusions. Testing the validity of data by triangulating sources, methods, and theories. The theory used is Bloom's Taxonomy Theory. The results of the study showed that there were 32 data with 34 creative dimension element loads in the book. This shows that the book has attempted to balance the three elements of the creative dimension and the assessment criteria are clear and measurable with a simple scale.