Identification of creative imaginations of biology education students based on the wartegg test

Abstract

Abstract The purpose of this study is to identify the level of the creative imagination of biology education students in detail based on the components of creative imagination on the wartegg test. The study was conducted with a descriptive method at one of the state universities in Bandung. The research sample was 86 of 121 undergraduate students in biology education in the 7th semester of 2019/2020 who took the bio entrepreneur course. The instrument used was the wartegg test which has a high-reliability score (0.74) and high validity. The results showed that 48% of students had creative imagination in the low category, 28% in the very low category, 17% in the medium category, 5% in the high category, and 2% in the very high category. The components that dominate the score of creative imagination are expansion components (31%), fancy (19%), and symbolism (13%). High scores obtained by students are 20% in the dark shading component. In general, the category of students’ creative imagination is in a low category. Students’ creative imagination is dominated by sensitivity and openness, healthy creative imagination, beyond the environment, still realistic, and balanced with the values of life. Most students have a strong and consistent creative imagination.