Bayu Setiaji, Heru Kuswanto, Yusman Wiyatmo, Riki Perdana, P. Pujianto, Devinda Putri-Maharani, Nely Nikmah-Fadillah, Asya Maulida-Sakinata
This study aims to develop an AI-assisted Discovery Learning-based E-Book about Temperature and Heat, integrating the local context of Gudeg to enhance high school students’ creative thinking skills and physics identity. Utilizing Research and Development (R&D) methods, this study adopts the three stages of the 4D model (define-design-develop) by Thiagarajan. The feasibility and practicality of the E-Book were assessed through expert validation consisting of two physics education lecturers and one practitioner teacher. The sample included twelfth-grade science students at Senior High School 1 Pundong, Indonesia, who participated in a limited trial of the AI-assisted Discovery Learning-based E-Book integrating the local Gudeg context. Student readability testing involved 58 grade 12 students. Data were collected using feasibility sheets, student assessments of the learning media, and test questions measuring creative thinking abilities encompassing fluency, flexibility, originality, elaboration, along with a physics identity questionnaire covering interest, competence, performance, and recognition. Data analysis used descriptive statistics (SBI) and inferential tests, including normality, homogeneity, one-sample t-test, and Wilcoxon test. The findings indicated that the developed E-Book was feasible for use (expert validation score = 2.148) and practical (student assessment score = 4.085) for physics learning. Moreover, statistical tests showed a significant increase (p = 0.001) in students’ creative thinking skills and physics identity exceeding the benchmark standards. This study contributes to physics education by integrating AI-assisted Discovery Learning with local cultural elements, providing an innovative approach to fostering creative thinking and strengthening students’ physics identity. © Article’s contents are provided on an Attribution-Non Commercial 4.0 Creative commons International License. Readers are allowed to copy, distribute and communicate article’s contents, provided the author’s and JOTSE journal’s names are included. It must not be used for commercial purposes. To see the complete licence contents, please visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.
Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Indonesia
