Abstract: Open-ended approach is a learning approach that
emphasizes more on students' efforts to arrive at answers rather than the
correctness or accuracy of answers, students are who faced with a problem have
more than one correct answer, the teacher does not limit
the way students solve, even the teacher provide flexibility to find various
approaches to problems. In
social studies learning, the Open-ended approach is very appropriate to apply
to develop high level thinking skill or HOT
(high order thinking skill) of students. By high order thinking, learning
process becomes complex and profound. This is very much in line
with the purpose and the essence of the
open-ended approach. The facts in the field show that a a teacher emphasizes students...