Needs Analysis of Blended Learning Media to Improve Students Mathematical Creative Thinking Skills of Mathematics Student by using the Mentimeter Application

This research is the first step (preliminary study) in the research of the development of learning media to improve students' creative mathematical thinking skills by using mentimeter applications. In general, the purpose of this research is to describe the needs of learning media based on Blended learning using a mentimeter application. In detail, the purpose of this research is to describe (1) the characteristics of the mathematics education curriculum (2) the early ability of students, is students' creative thinking abilities and (3) the use of Mentimeter applications in learning. This research was carried out at the State University of Medan with research subjects were 23 students and four lecturers from the mathematics department. The research method used is descriptive qualitative with the research instrument are a form of observation, the interview, and the student's creative thinking ability test. From the results of data analysis, it can conclude that it is necessary to develop learning media based on Blended learning to improve students' creative thinking ability by using mentimeter applications.