Abstract:
This study aims to describe the increase in mathematical higher order thinking abilities of high school students through creative problem-solving learning models. This study was a quasi-experimental, with the design of the nonequivalentpretest-posttest control group in class X, the high school in Ciamis, Indonesia. The results of the study showed that there were differences in the comparison of the increase in students' higher order thinking abilitiess through creative learning models of problem-solving and direct learning. Students who achieve a high increase category are more in the creative problem-solving class compared to the direct learning class. The advantages of creative problem-solving learning at the stage of expressing opinions. Students tend to express opinions openly so that many ideas emerge to choose effective strategies.
