Assessment of Students' Creative Thinking Skill on the Implementation of Project-Based Learning

The implementation of Merdeka Belajar - Kampus Merdeka (Freedom to Learn) in Indonesia urges universities to adapt and set changes in learning activities. One of the changes is the implementation of Project-Based Learning to increase students' activeness and creativity. This research aims to assess students' creative thinking skills on the implementation of Project-Based Learning. This research is a descriptive qualitative case study. Purposive sampling is chosen in this research because the sample is chosen on purpose, i.e., those who join literary criticism class. There are thirty-six students who played as the subject of the research. It uses observation sheets and questionnaires to obtain the data. The data are then analyzed to get reliable results of students' creative thinking assessment. The result shows that half of the students (50%) agree that they face some difficulties in developing their creative thinking. Most of their problems are developing ideas into coherence text, structuring or organizing a good text, and choosing appropriate vocabulary to avoid repetition in the text. Students also find that project-based learning allows them to develop their creative thinking. It can be seen from four main rubrics of creative thinking assessment in form of originality, fluency, flexibility, and elaboration. Regarding the result, it can be concluded that project-based learning is proven to be beneficial in developing students' creative thinking skills, though they find some obstacles during the process.