The previous research result showed that the learning model based on the investigation could increase the students’ critical thinking skills. The aim of this research was to measure the effectiveness of the using of problem-based learning model to increase the students’ critical thinking skills. The research design was quasi-experiment by using post-test only design. The population of this research was the eleventh grade students of science which contained 124 students of SMAN 6 and SMAN 7 Kupang that were chosen randomly. The treatment that was given in this research was problem-based learning model for the experiment class and conventional model for the control class whereas the given materials were the reaction rate. The instrument that was used in this research previously validated by two experts of theory and material. The result of this research showed that the students who studied in experiment class had different critical thinking skills better that the students who studied using conventional model.
The purpose of this study is to analyze the perceptions of students from high school, who are the current generation Z, about the accounting profession. This study uses questionnaires that are shared online with data processing using factor analysis and one way ANOVA different tests. The comparison test was done between indicators of grade, major, school type, as well as variables, which include structure, precision, solitary, interest, and remaining variables. The interest in the accounting profession is found in social students (from high schools) and business administration students (from vocational schools). Other results also show that students in Private Vocational and Public High Schools have the most significant potential to be interested in the accounting profession. This research is limited to different test methods. Future studies can conduct a causal analysis of the factors that influence the choice of students in choosing the accounting profession. This research contributes to the investigation of students' perceptions of the accounting profession, which was conducted for the first time in Indonesia, especially in secondary schools in East Java.
In many schools, the vision mission just "exists" and not become a guideline especially implementation of learning. The school just execute school routine without knowing the meaning of implementation. This is unfortunate, because the vision and mission are a unique destination that covers the activity and can be utilized as the power of quality of the service organization. How is the capacity of school management in developing the vision and mission? The goal of the research is to describe and analyze the capacity of school management in developing the vision and mission. This study used a qualitative approach with case studies. Data collection methods used are interviews, observation, and study of the document/artifact. The validity of the data is done with credibility, transferability, dependability, and confirmability. The results show that schools which establish vision and mission based on noble values of the founders have a strong base for the development.
Despite its central place in the mathematics curriculum the notion of mathematical proof has failed to permeate the curriculum at all scholastic levels. While the concept of mathematical proof can serve as a vehicle for inculcating mathematical thinking, studies have revealed that students experience serious difficulties with proving that include (a) not knowing how to begin the proving process, (b) the proclivity to use empirical verifications for tasks that call for axiomatic methods of proving, and (c) resorting to rote memorization of uncoordinated fragments of proof facts. While several studies have been conducted with the aim of addressing students’ fragile grasp of mathematical proof the majority of such studies have been based on activities that involve students reflecting and expressing their level of convincement in arguments supplied by the researchers, thereby compromising the voice of the informants. Further, research focus has been on the front instead of the back of mathematics. Hence, there is a dearth in research studies into students’ thinking processes around mathematical proof that are grounded in students’ own proof attempts. Therefore current investigations should aim at identifying critical elements of students’ knowledge of the notion of proof that are informed by students’ actual individual proof construction attempts.
This research aimed to find out the constraints occurring in the implementation of craft and entrepreneurship education. This research employed qualitative research method. The research was taken place in three schools in DKI Jakarta as the beneficiaries of entrepreneurship program grant from the government. Data was collected through interview and observation. The result of research showed the less optimum implementation of craft and entrepreneurship education. The constraints the teacher encountered in the implementation of Craft and Entrepreneurship subject were: teacher having no background of Entrepreneurship Education, No Subject Teacher Discussion (MGMP) group available and no supporting activity for Craft and Entrepreneurship subject. Therefore, this research recommended the reinforcement of entrepreneurship education learning through establishing MGMP team, teacher training, and sustainable integration of entrepreneurship subject and program.
Critical thinking of students is needed in 21st century learning, the fact is the acquisition in the field is still low. Therefore this study aims to improve students' critical thinking skills using the inquiry model assisted with the ethnoconstructivism module. Methodology uses a quantitative design of a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest non-equivalent control group design with a total sample of 64 students taken by purposive sampling technique. There were significant differences in terms of students' critical thinking between the control class and the experimental class. It can be underlined that the inquiry model with ethnoconstructivism has a significant influence on the way students think about cultural values compared to traditional groups.
The main obstacle of children with special needs to advance is access to education as high as possible not to the disability, but to social acceptance of the community. This study aims 1) To determine the acceptability of children with special needs in the inclusive elementary school environment. It includes principals, teachers, learners, and parents. 2) To determine the factors those influence the acceptance of children with special needs in the inclusive elementary school environment. This is an interactive qualitative research. The research site is Wirosaban Elementary School, Yogyakarta City. Data collection techniques are interviews, observation and documentation. Data analysis technique is analytic descriptive data analysis. The results show: 1) Acceptability of children with special needs in inclusive school environment is quite good after going through various processes. School trying to accept children with special needs even though the school realized its service on some things still not maximal 2) There are four factors that affect the school environment perception of children with special needs. These factors are: knowledge and insight factor on inclusive education, b. environmental support factor outside the school, c. facilities factor, d. the persistence factor of the guardians of the special needs students.
The purpose of this study is to find out the critical thinking skills indicators and aspects of prospective elementary school teachers in mathematics-science integration lectures on electrical circuits and mathematical logic lesson. This research uses random sampling technique in which 30 first semester students were chosen randomly from one of university in Padang region West Sumatera Indonesia. This research uses Research and Development (R & D). The critical thinking skills are seen from processes, observations, and tests. The process of critical thinking skills of prospective elementary school teachers on the average of critical thinking skills indicator is 84% in strategies and tactics, 80% in advanced clarification and 83% in elementary clarification, basic support, and inference. The result of observing the critical thinking skills of prospective elementary school teachers on the average of each lectures is significantly increased to be 81.9%. The results of pre-test and post-test were increased significantly. It is shown from N-gain of 0.7 to be medium category.
The purpose of this study is to analyze the perceptions of students from high school, who are the current generation Z, about the accounting profession. This study uses questionnaires that are shared online with data processing using factor analysis and one way ANOVA different tests. The comparison test was done between indicators of grade, major, school type, as well as variables, which include structure, precision, solitary, interest, and remaining variables. The interest in the accounting profession is found in social students (from high schools) and business administration students (from vocational schools). Other results also show that students in Private Vocational and Public High Schools have the most significant potential to be interested in the accounting profession. This research is limited to different test methods. Future studies can conduct a causal analysis of the factors that influence the choice of students in choosing the accounting profession. This research contributes to the investigation of students' perceptions of the accounting profession, which was conducted for the first time in Indonesia, especially in secondary schools in East Java.
In many schools, the vision mission just "exists" and not become a guideline especially implementation of learning. The school just execute school routine without knowing the meaning of implementation. This is unfortunate, because the vision and mission are a unique destination that covers the activity and can be utilized as the power of quality of the service organization. How is the capacity of school management in developing the vision and mission? The goal of the research is to describe and analyze the capacity of school management in developing the vision and mission. This study used a qualitative approach with case studies. Data collection methods used are interviews, observation, and study of the document/artifact. The validity of the data is done with credibility, transferability, dependability, and confirmability. The results show that schools which establish vision and mission based on noble values of the founders have a strong base for the development.
Despite its central place in the mathematics curriculum the notion of mathematical proof has failed to permeate the curriculum at all scholastic levels. While the concept of mathematical proof can serve as a vehicle for inculcating mathematical thinking, studies have revealed that students experience serious difficulties with proving that include (a) not knowing how to begin the proving process, (b) the proclivity to use empirical verifications for tasks that call for axiomatic methods of proving, and (c) resorting to rote memorization of uncoordinated fragments of proof facts. While several studies have been conducted with the aim of addressing students’ fragile grasp of mathematical proof the majority of such studies have been based on activities that involve students reflecting and expressing their level of convincement in arguments supplied by the researchers, thereby compromising the voice of the informants. Further, research focus has been on the front instead of the back of mathematics. Hence, there is a dearth in research studies into students’ thinking processes around mathematical proof that are grounded in students’ own proof attempts. Therefore current investigations should aim at identifying critical elements of students’ knowledge of the notion of proof that are informed by students’ actual individual proof construction attempts.
This research aimed to find out the constraints occurring in the implementation of craft and entrepreneurship education. This research employed qualitative research method. The research was taken place in three schools in DKI Jakarta as the beneficiaries of entrepreneurship program grant from the government. Data was collected through interview and observation. The result of research showed the less optimum implementation of craft and entrepreneurship education. The constraints the teacher encountered in the implementation of Craft and Entrepreneurship subject were: teacher having no background of Entrepreneurship Education, No Subject Teacher Discussion (MGMP) group available and no supporting activity for Craft and Entrepreneurship subject. Therefore, this research recommended the reinforcement of entrepreneurship education learning through establishing MGMP team, teacher training, and sustainable integration of entrepreneurship subject and program.
Critical thinking of students is needed in 21st century learning, the fact is the acquisition in the field is still low. Therefore this study aims to improve students' critical thinking skills using the inquiry model assisted with the ethnoconstructivism module. Methodology uses a quantitative design of a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest non-equivalent control group design with a total sample of 64 students taken by purposive sampling technique. There were significant differences in terms of students' critical thinking between the control class and the experimental class. It can be underlined that the inquiry model with ethnoconstructivism has a significant influence on the way students think about cultural values compared to traditional groups.
The main obstacle of children with special needs to advance is access to education as high as possible not to the disability, but to social acceptance of the community. This study aims 1) To determine the acceptability of children with special needs in the inclusive elementary school environment. It includes principals, teachers, learners, and parents. 2) To determine the factors those influence the acceptance of children with special needs in the inclusive elementary school environment. This is an interactive qualitative research. The research site is Wirosaban Elementary School, Yogyakarta City. Data collection techniques are interviews, observation and documentation. Data analysis technique is analytic descriptive data analysis. The results show: 1) Acceptability of children with special needs in inclusive school environment is quite good after going through various processes. School trying to accept children with special needs even though the school realized its service on some things still not maximal 2) There are four factors that affect the school environment perception of children with special needs. These factors are: knowledge and insight factor on inclusive education, b. environmental support factor outside the school, c. facilities factor, d. the persistence factor of the guardians of the special needs students.
The purpose of this study is to find out the critical thinking skills indicators and aspects of prospective elementary school teachers in mathematics-science integration lectures on electrical circuits and mathematical logic lesson. This research uses random sampling technique in which 30 first semester students were chosen randomly from one of university in Padang region West Sumatera Indonesia. This research uses Research and Development (R & D). The critical thinking skills are seen from processes, observations, and tests. The process of critical thinking skills of prospective elementary school teachers on the average of critical thinking skills indicator is 84% in strategies and tactics, 80% in advanced clarification and 83% in elementary clarification, basic support, and inference. The result of observing the critical thinking skills of prospective elementary school teachers on the average of each lectures is significantly increased to be 81.9%. The results of pre-test and post-test were increased significantly. It is shown from N-gain of 0.7 to be medium category.
Evaluation Study of National Examination and Student New Admission in Efforts...inventionjournals
This study aims to determine: the implementation of the new admissions system at schools in the city of Medan, to determine the level of preparedness of students in national exams and examine the relationship of learning achievement in Junior High School (SMP/MTsN) with student achievement in Senior High School (SMA/MA). The research data collected by the survey directly to schools selected as sample through observation, documentation and depth interview. Collecting data using a set of questionnaire. Research data analysis using SPSS. The results of this study are: new admissions system at the level of SMA/MAin the city of Medan done through the national exam results and a test track. Readiness of students in national exams conducted by the students tend to choose a tutoring to prepare for the National Exam. Apart from that, tutoring is also the place for high school students to learn in preparation for the National Examination, and there is a strong relationship between the results of national examinations in SMP/MTs with academic achievement in SMA/ MA. This indicates that the national exam results can be an indicator for the success of students in further education.
Abstract
- A ten-year tracer study of Radiologic
Technology graduates of Lyceum of the Philippines
University SY 1997-2007 using a survey-structured
questionnaire was conducted to examine retrospective
contribution of their education to their current
work. The objectives of the study included the
determination of graduates’ job-placement profile;
how relevant are school-related factors like curriculum,
instruction, faculty; student services; organization
and administration, physical plant, facilities and
laboratories to the job placement; the determination of
what skills developed while at school are considered
useful in meeting the demands of their present work
and the formulation of a program that will enhance
the relevance of the college curriculum and services.
A total of 97/122 (80%) graduates responded where
78% (76/97) are certified licensed radiographers.
All respondents were employed on a full-time basis aligned to the program. The following were found to
be very relevant in meeting the demands of their jobs:
curriculum, instruction, competencies of the faculty,
student services, organization and administrative
services.Furthermore, the intellectual, communication
and interpersonal skills, competencies, and work-
related values they learned and developed while at
school as well as the performance in written and oral
assessment of the employers were considered the most
important contributing factors in seeking employment
after graduation.
This study aimed to examine the implementation of the Jigsaw approach in teaching primary social studies in Brunei Darussalam. The topic selected for this study was on 'The Reign of Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III 1950 – 1967’. The sample consisted of 25 primary students in a Year 6 class. The methodology of this study was an action research. Among the instruments used were tests, observations, interviews, and students' journals. The findings showed that the students' test results had improved, indicating the effectiveness of the Jigsaw approach in teaching social studies. It was observed that there were positive developments in students’ communication skills as well as their participation in the class activities. The students' motivation to learn was mostly positive as they enjoyed learning cooperatively in the given activities. However, the challenge of implementing this Jigsaw approach was the role of the teacher as a facilitator in this approach. Future research should continue to examine the different ways of teaching social studies that could involve students' active participation in the teaching and learning process.
This study is a qualitative research with case study strategy that aims to describe the understanding of Mathematics teacher about the learning process based on 2013 Curriculum (K13) 2017 Revision. The subjects of this study are a Mathematics teacher who has status as a Civil Servant and Honorary at SMAN 1 Wuryantoro, Wonogiri Regency. The result of this study is generally, the understanding of the two Mathematics teachers about the learning process based on K13 2017 Revision have been appropriate to the guidelines K13 2017 Revision by the Ministry of Education and Culture of Indonesia. However, the Honorary teacher's understanding of the learning process has not been appropriate to the Assessment Guidelines by Educators and the High School Education.
This tracer study determined the employment status
of BS Computer Science
Graduates of LPU from 2004-2009. It also assessed t
he relevance of BSCS curricula,
knowledge, skills and work values acquired by the g
raduates relevant to their
employment; identify the personal and professional
characteristics and job placement
of Computer Science graduates and the school relate
d factors associated with their
employment. The findings of the study served as the
basis of the researcher to
improve, update or enhance the curricula of BSCS pr
ogram to make this more
responsive to the needs of fast changing technology
.
There were 85 percent of the surveyed respondents w
ho were gainfully employed;
majority have professional, technical and superviso
ry position, landed on their first
job related to their course completed, obtained the
ir first jobs in less than 1 year;
stayed in their first job more than 1 year, career
challenge, salaries and benefits are
the prime reasons for changing the job and lack of
work experience is the number 1
problem they encountered when looking for a job.
Information Technology and communication skills dev
eloped by LPU were
considered very much useful to the present work of
the respondents. Work related
values like love for God, supportiveness, courage,
tolerance and perseverance were
also deemed very much useful to the present employm
ent of the respondents. The
proposed program of the study focused on academic d
evelopment, employment
opportunity and enhancing leadership capability of
Computer Science graduates.
It is strongly recommended that the graduating stud
ents before graduation must be
given ample time to experience pre – employment exa
minations and interviews.
Faculty development trainings must be given to the
faculty members teaching
professional subjects. As to general Education Subj
ects, Mathematics and Language
subjects must also be strengthened. All Offices and
Departments must continue to
improve their services towards the attainment of ma
ximum customer satisfaction.
Perceived Common Teaching Practices at the College of Management and Business...AI Publications
Professors’ Teaching skills and capabilities are very vital in imparting knowledge to students because unsound information and understanding about concepts that they are to teach their students due to their training insufficiency are likely to be transferred to their students. Therefore, their expertise in their field is important in the teaching-learning process. As cited in the Ozmen’s study (2012) teachers might unintentionally reflect their errors to their students in the teaching process. Teachers should have sound information and understanding about the concepts they are to teach their students. This study determined the Perceived Common Teaching Practices at the College of Management and Business Technology. The categories (Stockfors, 2011) used in determining the common teaching practices were: 1.) Conscious focus on students’ learning; 2.) Develops Good Teacher-Students Relations; and 3.) Broad Knowledge of Learning Processes. The respondents were 203 CMBT students from 1st year to 4th year. Convenience sampling method was used in collecting data. The instruments utilized were questionnaire and unstructured interview. For the Data treatment, Percentages and Weighted Mean were utilized. This result shows that CMBT Professors have common Teaching Practices. Though they don’t have the professional preparation and expertise, they recognize the significance of managing their Teaching Practices.
Cognitive dimensions development is one of the objective of education. This research aimed to identify the structure, evaluate the focus, analyze the conformity toward the referred adoption standard, and evaluate the emphasis of thinking skill order of cognitive processes in the e-textbook for 4th grade students. Evaluation was carried out for the curriculum 2013 e-textbooks published in 2014, including theme 2, 3 and 4. Identification of cognitive process dimensions was carried out using revised Bloom’s taxonomy, while the conformity was anayzed using Alzu’bi’s preference. Statistical analysis was carried out with chi-square test. The result showed that the structure of cognitive dimensions in three examined e-textbooks were not consistent one another. Theme 2 emphasized on the high order thinking skill focused on the creating dimension. Theme 3 emphasized on the low order thinking skill focused on the understanding dimension. While theme 3 facilitated both thinking skill orders with a little tendency to the evaluating dimension. There was no conformity of the cognitive dimensions structure of the three themes toward the referred adoption standard. Statistical analysis showed that there was significant difference on the structure of cognitive dimensions between themes, and between each themes and the referred adoption standard.
This article examines the characteristics of school effectiveness and how the school effectiveness policy works in the context of education decentralization. The research approach is qualitative exploratory and was conducted in 2016 in 10 out of 35 districts/cities in Central Java Province. The results showed that there are eight characteristics of effective schools: effective school leadership, efficient learning processes, active community participation, a conducive school environment, increased professionalism of educators, heightened expectations of students, the commitment of teachers, which together lead to good student achievement. Local government policy has not been mentioned explicitly to build an effective school. The government system should contribute to creating effective schools through human resource development, community participation, provision of facilities and infrastructure, professional development of educators, guiding students’ and teachers' achievement, monitoring student progress, education financing to some degree, and the commitment of local governments to give appreciation to education actors.
EFFECTS OF PRINCIPALS’ PROVISION OF TEACHING AND LEARNING MATERIALS ON STUDEN...ijejournal
In the past few years, Mathematics performance among secondary school learners in Meru County has been decreasing. The current study aims to evaluate various administrative strategies used by principals and their effects on learners’ grade attainment in Kenya Certificate of Secondary Educationin Meru County. The study examines ways through which principals support mathematics teachers through trainings, seminars, workshops and how the support is translated into students’ performance. The study adopted ex post facto design to collect data and analyze the information for conclusion. The researcher analyzed KCSE data over the previous 5 years in Meru County, interviewed the principals, and designed questionnaire for Mathematics teachers. A total of 836 Mathematics teachers and 299 principals across the county were targeted.Using stratified and random sampling, only 251 Mathematics teachers and 92 principals were engaged, which accounts for only 30% of the target. The researcher used split half technique to test reliability and instrument piloting to ensure validity of the data. The study concluded that principals provided little support to Mathematics teachers to attend seminars and workshops. However, principals defended this by citing low resource budget allocations and inadequate resources to support teachers’ seminars and workshops. The findings of the current study can be used by education ministry, school administrator, teachers, and other stakeholders during the decision-making.
Problem-based learning is generally done with face-to-face interaction. This learning process, however, has not provided a lot of time for learners to find limitless and timeless information and learning resources. It still depends on the teacher as a source of information. Students are very dependent on the presence of lecturers during face-to-face interaction. This research aims to develop a Problem-based Blended Learning (PB2L) model to support student to improve their creative thinking skills. The method used in this research was R&D with ASSURE development model. Product validation was done through an expert’s assessment by using the expert’s validation sheet. The practicality of the product is tested with limited trials with college lecturers and some students with questionnaires and interviews. Product effectiveness was seen by implementing limited development testing to a particular class with a one group pretest-posttest design and the result was analyzed by using a Paired-Samples T-Test. The result of this research is a Problem-based Blended Learning (PB2L) valid, practical and effectively improves students' creative thinking abilities. The effectiveness of the learning model was also proven on the basis of Paired-Samples T-Test of students’ pretest and posttest with sig. (2-tailed) 0.000. This learning gives students the opportunity to think systematically by beginning by criticizing the interesting contextual problems and ending with meaningful reflection with adequate learning resources both in face-to-face and online interaction.
Purpose: This study aims to identify the problem solving abilities possessed by junior high school students. The type of research used is quantitative which uses a research design survey. The sample of this study is 98 students taken based on purposive sampling techniques. This study uses descriptive statistics to analyze the data generated. From the results of the analysis that has been done, it was found that there is a problem solving indicator by students in mathematics which is a indicated by the indicators of planning a solution which has a good category of a 56.1% (55 of 98) students, the indicator of problem solving has a good category of a 56.1% (55 out of 98) students, indicators of a problem solving planning had a good category of a 54.1% (53 of 98) students, and an indicator of understanding a problem had a good category of a 60.2% (59 of 98) students.
Problem-based learning (PBL) has been widely applied as an alternative to improve learning outcomes, but it is still little studied in the context of the probability theory course. This study described how implementing the PBL model improves students’ problem-solving and critical thinking skills in probability theory course and evaluates its quality. This design research involved 58 undergraduate students and two probability theory course lecturers from two universities in Indonesia as participants. Data collection used observation to describe PBL implementation, then questionnaire and pretest-posttest to evaluate the quality of the model. This study produced a PBL model for the probability theory course which is implemented through five steps: i) Orienting students on problems; ii) Organizing students to study; iii) Assisting individual and group investigations; iv) Developing and presenting work or solutions; and v) Analyzing and evaluating problem solving processes. Lecturers and students consider that the implementation of PBL is practical. PBL implementation can also improve students’ problem-solving skills and critical thinking in the probability theory course. Thus, implementing PBL can be used as a solution to optimize learning outcomes in the probability theory course.
Online learning causes teachers to be considered more active than students, so students’ higher-order thinking skills decrease. Limited face-to-face learning is a new normal policy in the field of education. Learning models can be one way to recreate active learning to improve student’s learning outcomes. This study determines the effectiveness of the problem-based learning (PBL) model in enhancing student learning outcomes of geography in new normal learning. This research is a nonequivalent pretest-posttest control group design. The population is all class XI social study (IPS) at Senior High School 13 Banjarmasin, Indonesia. The sample is used as the experimental group, namely XI IPS 3 totaling 17 students, and the sample is used as the control group, namely XI IPS 2 totaling 14 students. Data collection techniques use tests, non-test, interviews, and documentation. The results are the independent t-test in the experimental and control groups showed that the PBL model effectively improved student learning outcomes in geography in the new normal learning era. The implication is the PBL model can be applied to new normal learning by teachers by elaborating with learning technology which is still adapted to the characteristics of students so that learning objectives are achieved.
Evaluation Study of National Examination and Student New Admission in Efforts...inventionjournals
This study aims to determine: the implementation of the new admissions system at schools in the city of Medan, to determine the level of preparedness of students in national exams and examine the relationship of learning achievement in Junior High School (SMP/MTsN) with student achievement in Senior High School (SMA/MA). The research data collected by the survey directly to schools selected as sample through observation, documentation and depth interview. Collecting data using a set of questionnaire. Research data analysis using SPSS. The results of this study are: new admissions system at the level of SMA/MAin the city of Medan done through the national exam results and a test track. Readiness of students in national exams conducted by the students tend to choose a tutoring to prepare for the National Exam. Apart from that, tutoring is also the place for high school students to learn in preparation for the National Examination, and there is a strong relationship between the results of national examinations in SMP/MTs with academic achievement in SMA/ MA. This indicates that the national exam results can be an indicator for the success of students in further education.
Abstract
- A ten-year tracer study of Radiologic
Technology graduates of Lyceum of the Philippines
University SY 1997-2007 using a survey-structured
questionnaire was conducted to examine retrospective
contribution of their education to their current
work. The objectives of the study included the
determination of graduates’ job-placement profile;
how relevant are school-related factors like curriculum,
instruction, faculty; student services; organization
and administration, physical plant, facilities and
laboratories to the job placement; the determination of
what skills developed while at school are considered
useful in meeting the demands of their present work
and the formulation of a program that will enhance
the relevance of the college curriculum and services.
A total of 97/122 (80%) graduates responded where
78% (76/97) are certified licensed radiographers.
All respondents were employed on a full-time basis aligned to the program. The following were found to
be very relevant in meeting the demands of their jobs:
curriculum, instruction, competencies of the faculty,
student services, organization and administrative
services.Furthermore, the intellectual, communication
and interpersonal skills, competencies, and work-
related values they learned and developed while at
school as well as the performance in written and oral
assessment of the employers were considered the most
important contributing factors in seeking employment
after graduation.
This study aimed to examine the implementation of the Jigsaw approach in teaching primary social studies in Brunei Darussalam. The topic selected for this study was on 'The Reign of Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III 1950 – 1967’. The sample consisted of 25 primary students in a Year 6 class. The methodology of this study was an action research. Among the instruments used were tests, observations, interviews, and students' journals. The findings showed that the students' test results had improved, indicating the effectiveness of the Jigsaw approach in teaching social studies. It was observed that there were positive developments in students’ communication skills as well as their participation in the class activities. The students' motivation to learn was mostly positive as they enjoyed learning cooperatively in the given activities. However, the challenge of implementing this Jigsaw approach was the role of the teacher as a facilitator in this approach. Future research should continue to examine the different ways of teaching social studies that could involve students' active participation in the teaching and learning process.
This study is a qualitative research with case study strategy that aims to describe the understanding of Mathematics teacher about the learning process based on 2013 Curriculum (K13) 2017 Revision. The subjects of this study are a Mathematics teacher who has status as a Civil Servant and Honorary at SMAN 1 Wuryantoro, Wonogiri Regency. The result of this study is generally, the understanding of the two Mathematics teachers about the learning process based on K13 2017 Revision have been appropriate to the guidelines K13 2017 Revision by the Ministry of Education and Culture of Indonesia. However, the Honorary teacher's understanding of the learning process has not been appropriate to the Assessment Guidelines by Educators and the High School Education.
This tracer study determined the employment status
of BS Computer Science
Graduates of LPU from 2004-2009. It also assessed t
he relevance of BSCS curricula,
knowledge, skills and work values acquired by the g
raduates relevant to their
employment; identify the personal and professional
characteristics and job placement
of Computer Science graduates and the school relate
d factors associated with their
employment. The findings of the study served as the
basis of the researcher to
improve, update or enhance the curricula of BSCS pr
ogram to make this more
responsive to the needs of fast changing technology
.
There were 85 percent of the surveyed respondents w
ho were gainfully employed;
majority have professional, technical and superviso
ry position, landed on their first
job related to their course completed, obtained the
ir first jobs in less than 1 year;
stayed in their first job more than 1 year, career
challenge, salaries and benefits are
the prime reasons for changing the job and lack of
work experience is the number 1
problem they encountered when looking for a job.
Information Technology and communication skills dev
eloped by LPU were
considered very much useful to the present work of
the respondents. Work related
values like love for God, supportiveness, courage,
tolerance and perseverance were
also deemed very much useful to the present employm
ent of the respondents. The
proposed program of the study focused on academic d
evelopment, employment
opportunity and enhancing leadership capability of
Computer Science graduates.
It is strongly recommended that the graduating stud
ents before graduation must be
given ample time to experience pre – employment exa
minations and interviews.
Faculty development trainings must be given to the
faculty members teaching
professional subjects. As to general Education Subj
ects, Mathematics and Language
subjects must also be strengthened. All Offices and
Departments must continue to
improve their services towards the attainment of ma
ximum customer satisfaction.
Perceived Common Teaching Practices at the College of Management and Business...AI Publications
Professors’ Teaching skills and capabilities are very vital in imparting knowledge to students because unsound information and understanding about concepts that they are to teach their students due to their training insufficiency are likely to be transferred to their students. Therefore, their expertise in their field is important in the teaching-learning process. As cited in the Ozmen’s study (2012) teachers might unintentionally reflect their errors to their students in the teaching process. Teachers should have sound information and understanding about the concepts they are to teach their students. This study determined the Perceived Common Teaching Practices at the College of Management and Business Technology. The categories (Stockfors, 2011) used in determining the common teaching practices were: 1.) Conscious focus on students’ learning; 2.) Develops Good Teacher-Students Relations; and 3.) Broad Knowledge of Learning Processes. The respondents were 203 CMBT students from 1st year to 4th year. Convenience sampling method was used in collecting data. The instruments utilized were questionnaire and unstructured interview. For the Data treatment, Percentages and Weighted Mean were utilized. This result shows that CMBT Professors have common Teaching Practices. Though they don’t have the professional preparation and expertise, they recognize the significance of managing their Teaching Practices.
Cognitive dimensions development is one of the objective of education. This research aimed to identify the structure, evaluate the focus, analyze the conformity toward the referred adoption standard, and evaluate the emphasis of thinking skill order of cognitive processes in the e-textbook for 4th grade students. Evaluation was carried out for the curriculum 2013 e-textbooks published in 2014, including theme 2, 3 and 4. Identification of cognitive process dimensions was carried out using revised Bloom’s taxonomy, while the conformity was anayzed using Alzu’bi’s preference. Statistical analysis was carried out with chi-square test. The result showed that the structure of cognitive dimensions in three examined e-textbooks were not consistent one another. Theme 2 emphasized on the high order thinking skill focused on the creating dimension. Theme 3 emphasized on the low order thinking skill focused on the understanding dimension. While theme 3 facilitated both thinking skill orders with a little tendency to the evaluating dimension. There was no conformity of the cognitive dimensions structure of the three themes toward the referred adoption standard. Statistical analysis showed that there was significant difference on the structure of cognitive dimensions between themes, and between each themes and the referred adoption standard.
This article examines the characteristics of school effectiveness and how the school effectiveness policy works in the context of education decentralization. The research approach is qualitative exploratory and was conducted in 2016 in 10 out of 35 districts/cities in Central Java Province. The results showed that there are eight characteristics of effective schools: effective school leadership, efficient learning processes, active community participation, a conducive school environment, increased professionalism of educators, heightened expectations of students, the commitment of teachers, which together lead to good student achievement. Local government policy has not been mentioned explicitly to build an effective school. The government system should contribute to creating effective schools through human resource development, community participation, provision of facilities and infrastructure, professional development of educators, guiding students’ and teachers' achievement, monitoring student progress, education financing to some degree, and the commitment of local governments to give appreciation to education actors.
EFFECTS OF PRINCIPALS’ PROVISION OF TEACHING AND LEARNING MATERIALS ON STUDEN...ijejournal
In the past few years, Mathematics performance among secondary school learners in Meru County has been decreasing. The current study aims to evaluate various administrative strategies used by principals and their effects on learners’ grade attainment in Kenya Certificate of Secondary Educationin Meru County. The study examines ways through which principals support mathematics teachers through trainings, seminars, workshops and how the support is translated into students’ performance. The study adopted ex post facto design to collect data and analyze the information for conclusion. The researcher analyzed KCSE data over the previous 5 years in Meru County, interviewed the principals, and designed questionnaire for Mathematics teachers. A total of 836 Mathematics teachers and 299 principals across the county were targeted.Using stratified and random sampling, only 251 Mathematics teachers and 92 principals were engaged, which accounts for only 30% of the target. The researcher used split half technique to test reliability and instrument piloting to ensure validity of the data. The study concluded that principals provided little support to Mathematics teachers to attend seminars and workshops. However, principals defended this by citing low resource budget allocations and inadequate resources to support teachers’ seminars and workshops. The findings of the current study can be used by education ministry, school administrator, teachers, and other stakeholders during the decision-making.
Problem-based learning is generally done with face-to-face interaction. This learning process, however, has not provided a lot of time for learners to find limitless and timeless information and learning resources. It still depends on the teacher as a source of information. Students are very dependent on the presence of lecturers during face-to-face interaction. This research aims to develop a Problem-based Blended Learning (PB2L) model to support student to improve their creative thinking skills. The method used in this research was R&D with ASSURE development model. Product validation was done through an expert’s assessment by using the expert’s validation sheet. The practicality of the product is tested with limited trials with college lecturers and some students with questionnaires and interviews. Product effectiveness was seen by implementing limited development testing to a particular class with a one group pretest-posttest design and the result was analyzed by using a Paired-Samples T-Test. The result of this research is a Problem-based Blended Learning (PB2L) valid, practical and effectively improves students' creative thinking abilities. The effectiveness of the learning model was also proven on the basis of Paired-Samples T-Test of students’ pretest and posttest with sig. (2-tailed) 0.000. This learning gives students the opportunity to think systematically by beginning by criticizing the interesting contextual problems and ending with meaningful reflection with adequate learning resources both in face-to-face and online interaction.
Purpose: This study aims to identify the problem solving abilities possessed by junior high school students. The type of research used is quantitative which uses a research design survey. The sample of this study is 98 students taken based on purposive sampling techniques. This study uses descriptive statistics to analyze the data generated. From the results of the analysis that has been done, it was found that there is a problem solving indicator by students in mathematics which is a indicated by the indicators of planning a solution which has a good category of a 56.1% (55 of 98) students, the indicator of problem solving has a good category of a 56.1% (55 out of 98) students, indicators of a problem solving planning had a good category of a 54.1% (53 of 98) students, and an indicator of understanding a problem had a good category of a 60.2% (59 of 98) students.
Problem-based learning (PBL) has been widely applied as an alternative to improve learning outcomes, but it is still little studied in the context of the probability theory course. This study described how implementing the PBL model improves students’ problem-solving and critical thinking skills in probability theory course and evaluates its quality. This design research involved 58 undergraduate students and two probability theory course lecturers from two universities in Indonesia as participants. Data collection used observation to describe PBL implementation, then questionnaire and pretest-posttest to evaluate the quality of the model. This study produced a PBL model for the probability theory course which is implemented through five steps: i) Orienting students on problems; ii) Organizing students to study; iii) Assisting individual and group investigations; iv) Developing and presenting work or solutions; and v) Analyzing and evaluating problem solving processes. Lecturers and students consider that the implementation of PBL is practical. PBL implementation can also improve students’ problem-solving skills and critical thinking in the probability theory course. Thus, implementing PBL can be used as a solution to optimize learning outcomes in the probability theory course.
Online learning causes teachers to be considered more active than students, so students’ higher-order thinking skills decrease. Limited face-to-face learning is a new normal policy in the field of education. Learning models can be one way to recreate active learning to improve student’s learning outcomes. This study determines the effectiveness of the problem-based learning (PBL) model in enhancing student learning outcomes of geography in new normal learning. This research is a nonequivalent pretest-posttest control group design. The population is all class XI social study (IPS) at Senior High School 13 Banjarmasin, Indonesia. The sample is used as the experimental group, namely XI IPS 3 totaling 17 students, and the sample is used as the control group, namely XI IPS 2 totaling 14 students. Data collection techniques use tests, non-test, interviews, and documentation. The results are the independent t-test in the experimental and control groups showed that the PBL model effectively improved student learning outcomes in geography in the new normal learning era. The implication is the PBL model can be applied to new normal learning by teachers by elaborating with learning technology which is still adapted to the characteristics of students so that learning objectives are achieved.
Implementing a proper learning model during the post COVID-19 pandemic
is fundamental for learning quality enhancement, specifically for students'
conceptual mastery. The research aims to develop a Complexity ScienceProblem
Based
Learning
(CS-PBL)
model
assisted
by
the
Sistem
Informasi
Pengelola
Pembelajaran (SIPEJAR) e-learning platform that is valid,
practical, and effective to enhance students' conceptual mastery during the
post COVID-19 pandemic. The research and development model were
adapted from Plomp & Nieven consisted of three phases: preliminary
research, prototyping phase, and assessment phase. The first phase research
result was that the learning process in during COVID-19 pandemic was less
interactive, which led to less effective learning. The students' score on
conceptual mastery was in the poor category. The second phase resulted in a
book of CS-PBL model assisted by SIPEJAR and supporting instruments
considered valid by three experts. The third phase result was that the CSPBL
model assisted by SIPEJAR was considered practical in the learning
process implementation. The CS-PBL model can enhance students'
conceptual mastery where the N-gain was sufficiently effective. It is
concluded that the CS-PBL model assisted by SIPEJAR was considered
valid, practical, and effective to enhance students' conceptual mastery during
the post COVID-19 pandemic.
This research aimed to analyze the effectivity of students’ worksheet based on multiple representation in order to increase creative thinking skills for second years students of junior high school. It used quasi-experiment with nonequivalent control group design. The population of this research was students of class VII SMPN 3 Langsa, academic year of 2017/2018. Then, the samples were students of class VII-1 and VII-2 elected using simple random sampling method. Basically, the effectivity can be seen from students’ creative thinking skills analyzed by using average n-gain and independent sample T test. Furthermore, the result showed that there was an average difference for n-gain and significant score between control class and experiment class. Therefore, the students’ worksheet based on multiple representations can be used for increasing creative thinking skills of students.
This qualitative research emphasized learning strategies in the process of full
engagement by students and discovering the implementation of learning,
science process skills, and learners' creativity. The selection of contextual
teaching and learning methods due to teachers having a role more in strategy
affairs while learners were more focused on self-actualization of practice in
their groups. Here, there was an interaction between teachers and learners to
complement each other. The participant was student of class five Elementary
School/Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Ma'arif 37 Sunan Kalijogo, Ambulu, Jember
Regency, Indonesia. Methods of data collection were interviews,
observations, and documentation. Data collection was related to natural
science subjects. The study results showed the procedures for implementing
contextual teaching and learning in natural science subjects. Applying
contextual teaching and learning methods was very effective in natural
science subjects. The findings of this study showed that improving the
quality of learning and learning support facilities can realize the ability of
competence of students and teacher professionalism.
The Development Problem Based Learning Collaborative Model in Sociology Learn...iosrjce
This reseach in based on the real condition Senior High School Sociology learning activity in
Madiun regency which is still far from what we wish, still focus on cognitive aspect. Affective aspect and skill
need a little touch, if it is impossible to say they are still untouched. Even, we are obliged to implement the
attitude or character values in the activity of learning.
The purpose of the research is: (1) to recognize the recent condition of sociology learning activity, (2) to
create a sociology learning model, Problem Based Learning Collaborative, (3) to identify the effectiveness of
the model in improving student achivement.
The method of the research and the model development is carried out through these stages : Preliminary
research, development design, model testing or product evaluation. Collecting the data is using observation,
interviews, questionnaries, and documentation technique. Data analysis in the preliminary research is using
qualitative approach while model testing or product evaluation is using quantitative approach experiment. Ttest
isused to determine the differences between Problem Based Leraning Collaborative model and varied
lecturing model.
The result of the study is concluded as follows: (1) Sociology learning activity in Madiun Regancy is still
varied in delivering the knowledge, not yet focus on delivering of the value. Also the process of learning
evaluation is still focus on cognitive aspect ( knowledge ). Where as according to curriculum, sociology must be
conducted as an integral subject. The aim must also touch all aspect, include : cognitive, affective, skill, and
attitude. That is why, it is needed to conduct Problem Based Learning Collaborative model. (2) After being
validated by a team of experts and practitioners, the draft of Problem Based Learning Collaborative Model is
experimented in, among others, SMAN 1 Parang. The result of the model can be understood and implemented
by both teachers and students. After the trial, the model is applied as a restricted quasi–experimental test in
SMAN Bungkal Ponorogo and SMAN Badegan Ponorogo. The results show that the experimental groups have a
better average than the control group both in the cognitive aspect and the affective one. When the model is
applied extensively in SMAN 1 Parang, SMAN 2 MAGETAN, SMAN Sukomoro, SMAN Sampung, the results
remains the same. It shows that the experimental groups heve a better average than the contol ones, both in the
coginitive aspect and the affective one. Applying the model, it shows that the model effects the students
significantly in increasing the achivement ( cognitive aspect ) and strengthen the character and attitude
( affective aspect and skill ) compared with the varied lecturing model. Thus, it can be concluded that the groups
using Problem Bsed Learning Collaboraive Model has a better achivement and effort in implementing the
characters values more than that of using varied lecturing model.
Team-assisted individualization (TAI) learning accommodates the primary school students’ learning activities through the cooperative and individual learning models. The study aims at investigating students’ TAI cooperative and conventional learning models among third-graders’ thematic subjects two public primary schools in Klaten district, Indonesia. A quasi-experimental research design was applied by involving 20 experiment and 18 control groups respectively. Data collection used the multiple-choice tests of thematics subjects to measure the third-graders’ TAI cooperative and conventional learning in arts, culture, and life skills and Indonesian subjects. Data analysis used a non-parametric statistic to prove the mean difference test in two or more groups, descriptive test, T-tests, Mann Whitney-U test, and N-gain test. The results showed an increase in the experiment group higher than in the control group. However, there was no significant difference between the experiment and control groups after examining the multiple-choice tests. The results supported the thematic subjects of the characteristics of living things in arts, culture, and life skills, and Indonesian teaching since proving the third-graders’ learning improvement naturally and objectively. This study concludes that TAI’s cooperative and conventional learning models accommodate the learning activities although its implication does not contribute significantly.
The education in the 21st century focuses on knowledge and encourages students to generate information and encourage developing new skills. The framework of 21st century learning skill is communication, collaboration, critical thinking, creativity and innovation. A cooperation skill in the world of education is an important thing to be done in learning. Therefore, a solution is needed to optimize student empower cooperation skills process by using the teaching material in the form of module. The objective of this research is to know the effectiveness of inquiry based learning module to empower cooperation skills. This research was conducted in one of high school in Surakarta, Indonesia. The research method is quasi experiment, used pretest and posttest design by using two randomly selected classes those were experimental class used an inquiry based learning module and control one used a modules made by biology teachers in Surakarta. The results showed that there were significant differences of learning outcomes between the control and the experimental classes based on the independent samples t-test test results, also seen with the n-gain scores that obtained at 0.78 (middle) in the control class and 0.87 (high) in the experimental class. As the study concluded, using inquiry based learning module in the learning process in effective to empower cooperation skills.
This study aims to test the discovery model integrated with the reading,
questioning, and answering (RQA) model. This research is a quasi-study
which involves the second semester XI grade students of state senior high
school (SMA) Negeri in Situbondo as subjects. The number of students who
studied was 160 people from four different classes in the 2018/2019
academic year. Sampling is done by class equality test. Each class is taught
with a different model, for each class is grouped again based on the culture
of residence of students, namely coastal students, urban and mountain
students. Researchers used ANCOVA to test the research hypothesis
followed by the least significant difference (LSD) test. The results showed
that: i) RQA’s integrated discovery learning model is able to improve
students’ problem-solving skills compared to the original model; ii) Culture
has a significant role in shaping students’ problem-solving skills, with the
use of the same model given to students who have a background a different
background will get different results; and iii) Learning in school and in the
environment is an interrelated factor in shaping students’ thinking patterns
and problem-solving skills. Discovery learning model integrated learning
RQA model is a combination of effective models to be applied to students
who are trained with challenges where nature teaches them to think and act
appropriately and quickly.
The results of the mathematics learning of junior high school students have not been satisfactory. This is due to the low understanding of students' mathematical concepts. The purpose of this research is to identify the influence of cooperative learning model and learning style towards the understanding of the mathematical concepts of Junior High School students. The method is factorial experiments with 2 x 3 and sample of the study is 60 students of 8th grade junior high school. The analysis results of variance (ANOVA) indicate the following: the use of cooperative learning model of type Student Team Achievement Division influenced the understanding of the mathematical concepts significantly, there is an significant influence of the learning style towards an understanding of mathematical concepts, and there is also a significant influence of the interaction of cooperative learning model of type Student Team Achievement Division and learning style towards the understanding of mathematical concepts. So it can be concluded that the cooperative learning model can improve understanding of students' mathematical concepts and learning styles is a individual differences of learning students in absorbing mathematics subject matter. We hope that this study can be beneficial for further research to improve student’s achievements in mathematics.
Metacognition is one of the key learning skills in the 21st century, with a strong potential to help students succeed in science learning. Until now, this metacognitive awareness is less empowered by lecturers in learning. This study aimed to analyze the problem-based learning (PBL) reading-questioning-answering (PBLRQA) model's effect on metacognitive awareness in pre-service teachers. This research is a quasi-experiment with a pretest-posttest nonequivalent control group design. Determination of the research sample class was carried out by random sampling. Each learning model was represented by PBLRQA and PBL class. The number of classes used was 2, totaling 57 students. The instrument used was the metacognitive awareness inventory (MAI). This inventory comprised 52 statement items divided into planning, monitoring, evaluating, and revising skills. An important finding in this research is that students' metacognitive awareness in learning with PBL and PBLRQA is not significantly different. Thus, the PBLRQA and PBL models can still be used in students' science learning to encourage metacognitive awareness, so that academic success can be achieved.
The impacts of a technology-integrated formative assessment technique on
students' conceptual and procedural knowledge in studying chemical
equilibrium are studied in this study. To attain the purpose, a quasiexperimental
pretest-posttest strategy nested with a
qualitative study method was
adopted. The study has three groups: two experimental and one
comparative. A random sample strategy was utilized to select two intact
classes for treatment and one intact class for comparison groups. Data was
collected using the chemical equilibrium conceptual test, the procedural test,
and classroom observation. The data was examined using descriptive (mean
and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (one-way ANOVA, oneway
MANOVA,
and
Pearson
product
moment
correlation).
According
to
the
findings, technology-integrated
formative assessment processes
outperformed traditional techniques and formative assessment strategies
alone in enhancing students' conceptual and practical understanding of
chemical equilibrium. Similarly, when technology-integrated formative
assessment processes are used, classroom observations show that students
have a strong motivation to learn and that the instructor is more skilled than
the other two teachers. Technology-integrated formative assessment
processes were shown to be more effective than the other two groups in
promoting students' conceptual and procedural understanding when learning
chemical equilibrium.
Challenge Based Learning: Innovative Pedagogy for Sustainability through e-L...May Portuguez
Challenge-Based Learning (CBL) is an innovative teaching methodology that engages students to resolve real-world challenges while applying the knowledge they acquired during their professional training. This article describes the results of the implementation of an online course on entrepreneurship that utilized CBL with a group of 20 undergraduate students from various disciplines in a university in Mexico. During the course, challenges related to the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations were presented to the participants, making it possible to observe the students’ interest in resolving these problems. This research uses a case study methodology and seeks to determine the CBL elements in the e-learning modality. The results showed that the participants generated sustainable business ideas aimed to resolve local, national, and global problems. The recommendations are to continue the formation of the businesses proposed in the project. These ideas can become real ventures that connect various actors in the entrepreneurial ecosystem and will continue to strengthen transversal skills such as teamwork and communication.
This study aims to identify publication trends and recommendations for problem-based science learning research in elementary schools. We used a mixed-methods research design in which descriptive, qualitative, and bibliometric analyses were used to look at the data. We selected the sample by using the purposive sampling technique. Secondary data contains Sintaindexed research articles published in the Google Scholar database. Data were analyzed using content analysis and the VOS-Viewer. The results of the analysis show that between 2017 and 2021, 98 articles have been published with the keywords [problem-based learning] and [IPA or science learning] in national and international journals with research settings in Indonesia. Most publications occurred in 2020. The keywords that appear the most in the published articles obtained are [problem-based learning], [learning outcomes], [critical thinking skills], and [science learning]. The keyword [Tri Hita Karana], or three causes of well-being, appears, but with weak nodes. These keywords appear in many publications whose research settings are in Bali because they are ethnoscientific findings from that area. Weak nodes have several conjectures, namely that this theme has been researched to saturate or that research on this theme is still rarely carried out. This research contributes ideas for future research involving the theme of problem-based learning in science.
The purpose of this study was to find the differences and relationships
between student responses, student character, and student attitudes towards
the inquiry learning model for physics subjects. The contribution given in
this study is useful if the student's response to learning is not good then there
are problems in the learning taught by the teacher so that the teacher can
improve better teaching techniques. This study uses mixed research methods
designed with an explanatory design which is a combination of two methods,
namely quantitative and qualitative research methods. The results of the
t-test and correlation test of student variables, student character, and student
responses can be said to be good but need to be improved optimally so that
these variables are beneficial to students. The conclusion of this study is that
there is a comparison and influence between students, student characters,
and student responses at State Senior High School (SMA) 10 Jambi City on
the inquiry learning model in physics subjects. The implication of this
research is very important, namely the short-term impact of this research is
useful and can be used as a benchmark to improve the quality of student
responses, student character, and student attitudes, especially at the high
school level.
The study investigated the effectiveness of the project writing training
developed and implemented for pre-service primary teachers. A case study
was adopted in the research. The participants of the study were 17 students
of the department of primary school teaching at nine different universities in
Turkey. In this context, an online project preparation training was given to
participant pre-service primary teachers. The prepared training was
presented to pre-service teachers as theoretical and practical. At the end of
this process, pre-service teachers were provided to prepare project proposals
under the guidance of academic consultancy. A semi-structured interview
form developed by the researchers was used to collect the research data. The
obtained data were subjected to descriptive and content analysis. Within the
scope of the research, it was determined that the participant pre-service
teachers had positive opinions about the planning of the developed education
and its contribution to them. It was concluded that some of the participants
had negative opinions about the duration, timing and onlineness of
the training.
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This systematic literature review (SLR) aimed to investigate the potential of digital online game-based learning (DOGBL) to enhance motivation in English as a foreign language (EFL). Online gaming has grown in popularity among students, opening up the possibility of using games as powerful instructional resources. Academic achievement depends on motivation, and this study, led by self-determination theory (SDT), explored how external rules, like rewards and recognition, could increase motivation in EFL utilizing DOGBL. The study used the SLR method, examining databases and choosing articles based on predetermined criteria. The chosen publications were examined in-depth, and a preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA) diagram was employed for analysis. For results, DOGBL could enhance teaching EFL by providing flexible and interesting learning environments. Key elements in motivating in DOGBL included game design, personalization, social engagement, curricular integration, and instructor assistance. As a promising method to improve EFL instruction, game-based learning, especially DOGBL, saw considerable developments between 2018 and 2023. Thus, these ground-breaking techniques transformed the way people learn English vocabulary and provided a fun and engaging way to learn the language. For educators and students, the potential for DOGBL to change EFL education is still exciting as technology develops.
The development of postmodern-era technology in the world of education is increasingly sophisticated, thus impacting the character of students and their social environment. Technological progress negatively affects the lives of today's generation. When misuse of technology is widespread, it is imperative to strengthen cultural and religious filtration. So that the influence of globalization on technological development can be minimized. So as not to damage the cultural values and morality of students as the next generation of the nation. This study aims to explain the importance of transforming the values of Bima's local wisdom "Nggusu Waru" through the media of social studies e-books. The results and conclusions of this study are efforts to develop students' social character that require teacher collaboration, supervision, and optimal parental attention so that their interest in learning is higher and minimizes deviant behavior. This research method uses research and development design. At the stage of preliminary studies with models developed by Borg and Gall. Through several stages of research, information gathering, development of initial forms of products, and initial field testing. In this step, data is collected through interviews, observation and documentation. The data is analyzed to find out some of its weaknesses and shortcomings.
This research investigated the pre-service teachers’ self-regulation, selfefficacy, and mathematics performance in blended learning during the post Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in a state university using a descriptive correlational design. There were 201 pre-service teachers who were identified using simple random sampling. They answered the two-set survey questionnaire, which assessed their self-regulation and self-efficacy, while their performances were assessed using their grades in the subject. The data gathered were treated using descriptive and inferential statistics. The results revealed that they had high self-regulation while they had a very high level of self-efficacy. At the same time, they had a very satisfactory performance in mathematics. Moreover, their self-regulation in terms of planning, monitoring, and adjusting was significantly correlated with their math performance while reflecting is not. However, no significant relationship was found between their self-efficacy and mathematics performance. Thus, instructors are encouraged to conduct monitoring during blended learning to encourage pre-service teachers to maintain their high level of self-regulation and self-efficacy in learning mathematics. In addition, future researchers may explore the same variables to validate the findings of the study because these findings are limited only to pre-service teachers and were conducted during the post COVID-19 pandemic.
This study explores the correlation between technology utilization and language acquisition while analyzing the impact of moderating variables on this relation. Our meta-analysis approach analyzes data from 43 extracts out of 19 primary studies published between 2012 and 2021. Our data analysis employs a random-effect model utilizing a significance level of α = 0.05. Additionally, the authors examine four moderating variables: level of education, location of research, proficiency in language, and year of publication. Technology-based language acquisition outperforms traditional methods, indicating a significant and moderate impact on the learning process. This study enhances comprehension of the efficacy of technology in language acquisition by identifying various factors, such as the geographical location of research, methods of assessing language proficiency, and technology type employed. However, there is insufficient evidence to support the notion that educational level or sample size significantly impact technology-based language acquisition. This meta-analysis highlights the importance of considering nuanced factors when integrating technology into language learning. The findings emphasize the possibility of technology to transform methods of acquiring language and urge additional investigation into customized strategies that optimize its advantages.
Effective science instruction in a blended learning approach is synonymous with the strategic use of instructional videos (IVs) to fill the gap in teacher support. This study aims to determine the IVs’ effectiveness in improving students' concept retention and overall learning experiences. The experimental group was exposed to instruction integrating IVs via embedded mixed-method design, whereas the control group was exposed to traditional lecture methods. The results showed that students' post-test scores and concept retention improved significantly in the experimental group, where students reported better learning experiences than in the control group. This beneficial effect of a technology-integrated approach can be attributed to various elements of IVs, such as engaging content, motion graphics, video length, the language used, and the speaker's perspective. This study recommends that IVs be used to enhance learning opportunities and results in the teaching and learning process.
Higher order thinking skills (HOTS) are an important element in facing the challenges of the 21 st-century. Difficulty in solving problems systematically, facing challenges in an organized manner, and being unable to design original solutions are due to the low HOTS that students have. HOTS ability can improve students who low-level thinking skills in several ways, for example, through learning integrated with media, practice, and assessment or HOTS-based cognitive assessment. The purpose of this study was to develop and implement a HOTS-based cognitive assessment to assess students' HOTS abilities. The device development model used is an adaptation of the analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation (ADDIE) model. The research sample consisted of 30 students in class 11 of the Governance and Office Automation Competency Program of Vocational High School 1 Kudus. The result is that 11 students have the HOTS ability with very good criteria, 17 well criteria, and 2 enough criteria. This study suggests that a test instrument for further research is to measure students' HOTS ability. The Experts conclude that HOTS-based cognitive assessment can be used as an approach to improve students' HOTS to actively think selectively and supported by logical argumentation.
The background of this research is the need for teacher innovation in developing digital-based learning media in Indonesian language learning. The research method used is research and development (R&D) with the analysis, design, develop, implement, and evaluate (ADDIE) model, which consists of five research stages: analysis, planning, development, implementation, and evaluation. Data collection techniques are questionnaires, in-depth interviews, observations, and documentation that present the results regarding innovation, features, applications, and the impact of using the benkangen game in learning Indonesian in elementary school. The subjects of this study were 25 teachers from 25 elementary schools, and 66 students from 10 elementary schools in Magelang district and Magelang city. The results showed innovation in the development of game applications based on Magelang local wisdom with game features in the form of puzzles of Magelang culture and local wisdom, Indonesian language learning materials packaged in the form of questions accompanied by the number of points in each answer, and audio that reflects local wisdom in Central Java. The novelty of this research is the development of the benkangen game based on Magelang local wisdom, which still needs to be developed by teachers in Indonesia. Future research needs to explore the innovation of Indonesian language learning games through the latest software.
The specific processes, techniques, and actions that learners take to facilitate their language learning have been widely explored under the concept of language learning strategies (LLS); however, more exploration is needed about recent investigations in this area, as calls for new theorization of strategies research have emerged. This systematic literature review aimed at exploring the prevailing research methodologies and educational settings appertaining to LLS in English as foreign language (EFL) contexts. The study analyzed 42 articles published from 2017 to 2023 in journals in the field of social sciences in the Scopus and ERIC databases. The findings show how non-intervention quantitative approaches are predominant in LLS research, occasionally accompanied by qualitative data collection methods. Accordingly, most research has favored descriptive and correlational designs, identifying the relationships between the use of strategies and variables such as language proficiency, demographic aspects, motivation, and self-regulation. Grounded on the revision of existing evidence, this article advises future strategy-based research to focus on primary and secondary levels of education, strategy instruction, cultural aspects, and qualitative research designs.
This study aimed to i) analyse learning problems in science at boarding schools for junior high school students and ii) determine the effectiveness of science learning in the context of Islamic teachings using the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, -religion (STEM-R) approach to improve reflective and critical thinking skills. The research method applied in this study was a sequential exploratory mixed method. The research design consisted of five stages: i) qualitative data gathering, ii) qualitative data analysis, iii) quantitative data gathering, iv) quantitative data analysis, and v) data interpretation. The subjects of this study were 192 students from boarding schools and were divided into 6 groups. The research results obtained were the school, parents, science teachers and religion teachers’ vision and mission causing students to like or dislike science. An excellent teacher is viewed by students as someone who can make learning enjoyable, exhibit creativity in presenting educational material, possess the ability to motivate, link science and religion, engage in investigative activities, infuse humour, establish connections between science and everyday life, and communicate concepts effectively. Moreover, distinctions in reflective thinking and critical thinking abilities were observed between the experimental group and the control group. Learning that connects science and Islamic religion and examines STEM-R aspects is able to develop students' thinking skills.
This study aims to reveal the profile of open-start problem-solving with ethnomathematics regarding student learning styles. This research is a qualitative research study on 3 out of 31 students of Junior High School of 3 Magetan taken by purposive sampling. The three students carried out four stages: understanding the problem, planning problem-solving strategies, implementing problem-solving strategies, and reviewing again. The results of the research show that students with a visual learning style solve problems by understanding problems through writing known and being asked and drawing illustrations, planning problem-solving strategies by making examples, carrying out solving strategies by working on the calculation process; students with an auditory learning style solve problems by understanding problems through writing known and being asked, planning strategies by making problems and formulating formulas used, implementing solutions by doing calculations and reviewing; students with a kinesthetic learning style solve problems by understanding issues through writing known and being asked, making examples and writing the formulas used, carrying out solving strategies by applying the calculation process and reviewing the results obtained. However, of the three styles, the results of the accepted work were not correct because they did not write down the conclusions and were not thorough enough.
The volunteer function inventory (VFI) is an assessment tool to measure individual volunteer motivation. VFI measures individual motivation to volunteer by examining the functional motives of each volunteer. This research aimed to adapt the VFI to the Indonesian language. VFI consists of 30 items divided into five dimensions. This study utilized a non-experimental quantitative research method. Samples were acquired by accidental random sampling with N = 176. In this study, reliability testing was carried out with items and dimensions of Cronbach's α. Validity tests were examined using construct validity and item analysis. The results of the Indonesian version of VFI showed high reliability and validity. Besides, the item analysis also shows that the quality of each item is excellent. The Indonesian version of VFI will be suitable for various education fields in Indonesia to measure the students' voluntary willingness in community development activities, for example, in measuring the impact of volunteerism in the Merdeka Belajar Kampus Merdeka (MBKM) social activities and other activities within the communities.
Digital history-based project-based learning (PjBL) in history learning is a learning medium that can provide a special attraction for students who can improve historical concept skills and historical awareness. However, there are still many teachers who have not used it, so it is very important to study it. This research aims to analyze the influence of the digital history based PJBL model in improving historical concept skills and historical awareness. The method used is quasi-experimental with two classes, experimental and control. The population used class XI high school students in Lampung, Indonesia and the sample size was 213. Cluster random sampling was used to determine sampling, while data collection was in the form of test instruments. The test instrument questions were analyzed using the gain score and Kruskal-Walli’s test to determine the increase in historical concept skills and historical awareness with the help of statistical package for the social sciences (SPSS) 26. The research results confirmed that digital history based PjBL was effective in increasing historical concept skills and historical awareness with a high score, making it the best choice to overcome obstacles in history learning.
This study aims to determine how using an active learning model based on the three higher education principles can improve students' active learning. Qualitative research methods were applied in this study, with data collection through interviews, literature study, and observation. The results showed that active learning based on the three higher education principles was included in the "good" or "acceptable" category. The application of this model can make this campus a place with a positive academic atmosphere that enhances and supports collaboration, discussion, and positive and critical thinking. The novelty of this research lies in the use of active learning with mini-research projects, which are developed based on university principles and embody it. The hope is that this can help solve problems in the student learning process at the State Islamic University Sunan Kalijaga, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The expected implication is that the university's policy supports applying the model to resolve learning problems and build real scientists for students.
Integration of information and communication technology (ICT) in teacher education is a means to support the teaching and learning process. Good teaching by utilizing technology certainly requires changes, especially in the realm of pedagogy, but teachers apparently do not have enough ability to optimize ICT in the learning process. In fact, ICT has the potential to provide various benefits for teachers and students, including joint learning areas, cooperative and collaborative learning opportunities. Therefore, this research aims to identify the use of mobile learning application (MLA) and its impact as a form of ICT integration in learning. The method used is literature study, by taking data from various relevant scientific articles and books. Data analysis uses descriptive analysis from the results of the synthesis of several literature reviews obtained. The research results show that a number of 10 main articles and 15 relevant supporting articles as well as several book sources show that mobile-based learning with smartphone devices is becoming a trend at various levels of education, both academic and vocational.
Incorporating ethnoscience into lessons through the ethnoscience-students’ worksheet (ESW) is one method to improve student interest in science learning while introducing them to the local culture. However, no research was reported the effects of ESW on students' responses and the factors that influence ESW implementation in science learning. In order to better understand how students learn through ESW, this study investigated the relationship between ethnoscience context, science learning, and the implementation of students’ worksheets. Seventy-two students participated in the survey after they studied ethnoscience learning through ESW. Students’ responses are more influenced by science learning. In addition, the ethnoscience-integrated students’ worksheets (SW) variable indirectly affects students’ responses. Additionally, ESW affects students' responses more significantly than science learning and ethnoscience. This research provides insightful implications for educators on planning, designing, and practicing ESW to enhance students’ problem-solving motivation and academic achievement. Furthermore, to contribute significantly to future researchers, further research employed the structural equation model through covariance analysis, also known as confirmatory factor analysis (CFA).
This research aimed to assess the readiness of Indonesian pre-service science teachers by examining their perceptions of impending challenges, desired competencies, and anticipated instructional methodologies in preparing for the challenges of Society 5.0. Using a quantitative survey research methodology, 884 pre-service science teachers from 16 universities were surveyed. The research instrument's validity and reliability were assessed utilizing the Rasch model. Inferential statistics were employed to assess the readiness of pre-service science teachers for future challenges, taking into account their backgrounds. The test outcomes showed the Cronbach's Alpha coefficient reached 0.92, is deemed "excellent", affirming the instrument's high reliability. The findings of the study revealed that the majority of teachers share a consistent perception of future challenges and recognize the importance of mastering 21st-century skills, particularly critical thinking, creative thinking, communication, and collaboration. However, respondents believe that the current learning process does not adequately train these skills. They expressed a desire for an alternative learning method that can enhance their skills while accommodating their diverse backgrounds, including place of residence, economic background, and technological proficiency. Further research is needed to identify alternative teaching methods that can effectively foster these abilities in diverse backgrounds.
The issue of psychological well-being in education has emerged as an increasingly critical topic in recent years. This is due to the significance of psychological well-being in enhancing the performance of e ducational institutions, encompassing students, teachers, and the process of formulating school policies. This study sought to discover recent research on psychological well-being from an academic perspective. A total of 27 research articles were successfully gathered and reviewed based on the established criteria. This article review was conducted utilizing two databases (SCOPUS and WoS) and the following keywords: "psychological well-being" combined with "AND" and other search terms such as "school", "teacher", and "student". This systematic review offers a synthesis of results that can serve as the initial step in developing constructs of psychological well-being in educational institutions, thus implying the importance of psychological well-being for teachers and students. The results of the analysis from this systematic literature review have been discussed and concluded in this study.
This study aims to investigate Indonesian senior high school teachers’ perceptions of using the first language (L1) when teaching English because Indonesian teachers tend to have negative perceptions toward the application of the L1, while the L1 is needed in a situation where Indonesian students have limited skills in English. The semi-structured interview was applied to collect data, while thematic analysis was used to analyse it. The result showed that the teachers have three different positions in perceiving the use of the L1: the virtual position, maximal, and optimal positions. Although they have different perceptions toward the application of the L1, a major insight can be concluded about the limited use of the L1 for specific reasons, such as considering teachers’ and students’ English abilities, learners’ needs, and the type and the difficulty of the given task or assignment. The L1 can be functioned as scaffolding in three aspects: when teaching grammar, vocabulary, and when giving instructions. Teachers may consider this study’s results as the information to use the L1 in classrooms. This may also be beneficial for Indonesian educational stakeholders and the government to specifically define what type of scaffolding that teachers can use the L1 to teach English.
The Smile project is an engineering service-learning initiative carried out through collaboration between Chouaib Doukkali University in Morocco and Pusan National University in South Korea. Since 2016, this project has been conducted annually for engineering students from both universities. Participants are selected through an oral interview, ensuring representation from different majors, years, and genders. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the project transitioned to an online mode starting from 2020. The objective of this article is to investigate the impact of the service-learning approach on learning and its potential for enhancing engineering education. This study aims to compare the face-to-face and online implementations of the Smileproject as examples of this educational approach. The analysis demonstrates a strong positive effect of engineering service-learning as a learning approach, leading to the improvement of engineering students' skills and competencies. Notably, there is minimal difference between the two implementation modes of this learning approach.
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information that is gotten except through reflective thinking then produces a decision to be believed and
applied in daily life.
The critical thinking skill needs to be grown in the students’ character and implemented in teaching
and learning process [14] especially in chemistry lesson since this skill is very important and focused on
education. So that, it can help the students to develop their academic achievement [15, 16] and produces the
competent and skilled students in solving problem in their daily life [8]. Moreover, this skill is the important
skill for the success life in the dynamic and complex world [11]. The connection between this skill and
chemistry science especially reaction rate materials is helping the students to develop their critical thinking
skills [14] because basically the essences of science especially chemistry are empirical, tentative, inferential,
creative and theoretical. Besides, it is planted in the wide culture and built without any certain scientific
method [17]. So that, the chemistry is a subject that is relatively important in science education [18].
Based on some researches that are done in many fields such as social knowledge, it is found that the
students who have graduated from many countries do not have ability to compete in global scale because
they do not have critical thinking skills. This matter is also supported by the research done by Chartrand [19]
where it shows that there are 70% graduated students of high school who do not have critical thinking skill.
Education in Indonesia is also still far away from other countries especially relating to national examination
in which up till now this test still uses low thinking level that focuses on saving information of knowledge
[20, 21]. The implementation of critical thinking skill and solving problem can increase motivation and
students’ learning achievement including chemistry lesson, because of gathering some thinking skills the
students can be able to increase the effectiveness and to maintain their learning achievement well [1].
Developing the critical thinking skill and solving problem can be learnt with many activities,
observation programs, and solving many problems [1, 8, 22] especially in chemistry materials of reaction
rate. The chemistry materials tightly relates to the human life and needs observation to solve the problem
inside. Therefore, to support the development of critical thinking skills the students need to implement the
appropriate learning model [11]. The implementation of learning model in teaching and learning process can
influence the learning and can decide the final result of the students’ critical thinking skill [8, 14, 23].
The learning model that can increase the critical thinking skills and increase the students’ independent
learning skills especially for chemistry lesson is problem-based learning model [24, 25] where the
implementation uses complex problem in real world [26] to motivate the students in identifying and
analyzing the needed principle and concept to arrange the solution to solve the problem in chemistry [27].
There are three important points in problem-based learning model that are problem, tutor and learner [28,
29]. The given problem is not structured, so it needs the various solution to solve it. Besides, it can indirectly
develop the students’ cognitive ability [30, 31]. Moreover, the students are also collaborated with other
groups to look for the solution in solving problem [24, 32] whereas the teacher has a role as mentor or
facilitator in teaching and learning process to give metacognitive problem, to prepare the learning
environment that focuses on the students and to give the instruction without directly gives the students a
solution of the given problem [29, 31, 33, 34].
Various researches that are already done stated that the implementation of problem-based learning
model can increase the learning achievement [35], the students’ motivation [36], positive response toward
chemistry [25, 35], and the success if it can be implemented in learning process and accepted in various
disciplines [30].
Based on the explanation above, it needs to implement the problem-based learning (PBL) model to
support the development of the students’ critical thinking skill relating to the chemistry materials of reaction
rate. It is also caused by the chemistry level that explain many problems relating to the students’ real world
then PBL model can help the students to increase the skills to solve the problem [28], to analyze, to evaluate,
and to conclude various solving problems that become the aspects in critical thinking [26, 37]. The problem-
based learning model also requires the students to be able to collaborate with groups in solving and arranging
the problem [34]. Looking forward the effectiveness of problem-based learning model to increase various
skills, this research aimed to elaborate the effectiveness of problem-based learning model to increase the
critical thinking skills in chemistry knowledge about reaction rate materials.
2. RESEARCH METHOD
2.1. Research design
This research is quasi-experiment research by using post-test only design [38] that is aimed to
measure the influence of PBL model relating to the students’ critical thinking skill of reaction rate materials
through empiric study and theoretic review. This research has dependent and independent variable [39].
PBL model and conventional model are independent variable whereas the critical thinking skill is
dependent variable.
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2.2. Population and sample
The population of the research is the eleventh grade students of science major, and the sample of
this research is 124 students that are chosen randomly [38]. The sample focuses at SMAN 6 Kupang and
SMAN 7 Kupang that is in B status of accreditation, and both of them are implemented curriculum 2013 and
rarely use chemistry laboratory. This research uses two classes that are experiment class (60 students) and
control class (64 students). Both classes get the different treatment where the experiment class is given the
PBL model treatment whereas the control class get the conventional learning model. The chemistry lesson
has four hours a week and all students follow the teaching and learning process about reaction rate materials.
2.3. Data collection
Collecting the data of critical thinking skill is done once by doing post-test. It is done after the
students are given the treatment during learning process. This given treatment is PBL model in experiment
class and conventional model in control class. The learning process is done by following every syntax that is
contained in PBL model [34] and chemistry class about reaction rate that is given for six meetings.
2.4. Research instrument
The instrument used in this research is critical thinking skill test that contains of seven essays.
The used instrument is developed by the researchers and already validated by the chemistry expert and theory
expert from Yogyakarta State University, Indonesia. This instrument is developed by considering the
indicators of critical thinking skill that are basic clarification, decision making, conclusion, and continuation
clarification [10]. The used instrument is previously done validation test and reliability test with skor 0.76
and 0.87.
2.5. Data analysis
The result of the students’ critical thinking test toward the chemistry knowledge that is already
gotten then analyzed by using t-test independent sample by using application of SPSS 23 windows version
[39] to measure the difference of PBL model and conventional model to increase the students’ critical
thinking skill. Nevertheless, before the independent t-test sample is done, the data must be tested by
precondition test that are normality and homogeneity data test. The results of these tests show that the
research data for experiment and control class are distributed normally and homogeneous it can be seen in
Table 1 and Table 2, so it can be done the independent t-test of sample.
3. RESULTS AND ANALYSIS
The 95% of interval reliance is used in this research to identify alpha or significance level of 0.05
that is used in whole analysis. The precondition tests that are done or must be fulfilled before doing t-test of
independent sample are normality test and homogeneity test. If the significant value is smaller than 0.05,
it will cause the rejection of hypothesis because both groups of research –experiment and control class- come
from abnormal population and inhomogeneous [39].
Table 1. Normality test of critical thinking skill
Class
Kolmogorov-Smirnova
Statistic df Sig.
CTS experiment 0.096 60 0.200
CTS control 0.095 64 0.078
The normality of post-test score for every group is evaluated by using Kolmogorov-Smirnov test.
Table 1 shows that the post-test score of experiment class and control class in Kolmogorov-Smirnov test
has significant score bigger that significant score of 0.05 in which experiment class is 0.200 and control class
is 0.078. So that, the data result from the post-test of critical thinking skill for both groups comes from
normal population.
Table 2. Homogeneity test of critical thinking skill
Levene statistic df1 df2 Sig.
0.062 1 124 0.772
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The homogeneity of post-test score for every group is evaluated by using Levene Statistic test. Table
2 shows that the post-test score of critical thinking skill in the experiment class and control class has
significant score bigger that significant score of 0.05, so the data result from the post-test of critical thinking
skill is homogeneous. Based on both precondition tests above, the results give a conclusion that the data is
distributed normally and homogeneous, so the t-test for independent sample can be done.
The t-test toward independent sample aimed to find out the differences in the unconnected samples.
The result of this test can be interpreted as if the significant value (2-tailed) is bigger than 0.05, there is no
difference intergroup and vice versa.
Table 3. T-test toward independent sample of critical thinking skill
t-test for Equality of Means
t df Sig. (2-tailed) Mean difference
Equal variances assumed 2.351 124 0.020 5.705
Equal varianves not assumed 2.349 122.590 0.020 5.705
In Table 3, the result of t-test toward independent sample of critical thinking skill between
experiment class that is given PBL model and control class that is given conventional model shows that there
is a difference of critical thinking skill in both classes since the significance value (2-tailed) is less than 0.05.
3.1. Post-test score of critical thinking skill
The result test of critical thinking skill shows that the students in control class have the lowest
average with the post-test value of critical thinking skill (M = 31.84, SD = 13.09) whereas the result of the
experiment class shows better value (M = 37.55, SD = 14.13). It means that there is a difference in both
research groups (t = 2.349, p = 0.02). Cohens’d value (d = 0.42) shows that the experiment class that is given
PBL model has significant influence toward the students’ critical thinking skill.
The research results show that the students that use problem-based learning model through theoretic
and empiric studies have better critical thinking skill than the students that are taught by using conventional
model. This result is consistent with [40] statement, [41] where their separated studies show that the students
who learn by using PBL model have better critical thinking skill that the students who use conventional
model. The next research result explains that PBL model is more effective to increase the understanding and
implementing the concepts [42] than others and learning by using PBL model can motivate and increase the
learning achievement, independent research, and critical thinking skill [13, 43-45]. The effectiveness of PBL
model takes place on giving problem and collaborating between the students and the teacher as a tutor in
learning process [27, 46]. The research that is done by Overton T. L., and Randles C. A., [23] shows that the
implementation of PBL model in chemistry knowledge always increase since the students become the center
in teaching and learning process. Besides, it has dynamic characteristic, and the students individually plan the
solving problem scenario where it can increase their ability to communicate each other, to work in groups,
and to solve the chemistry problems [13]. Moreover, the implementation of PBL model can reveal the
students’ academic skill [46].
The application of problem-based learning models in the experimental class proved effective in
helping students solve problems related to the material reaction rate. This is evidenced by the ability to
design experiments and prove the hypotheses they have made at the beginning of the meeting. Students can
give answers related to problems in life that are related to the material reaction rate, such as vegetables stored
in the refrigerator last longer than vegetables that are not stored in the refrigerator. Factors that influence the
process are temperature factors, the concept is that the higher the temperature, the faster the rate of vegetable
decay, so that when the vegetables are stored in the refrigerator the rate of vegetable decay is longer because
the temperature of the vegetable is low. The learning process that relates directly to students' lives is proven
to be effective in helping students' long-term memory and increase students' motivation to learn individually
or in groups.
The different average of critical thinking skill between experiment class and control class is caused
by the different treatment of learning model. PBL model is based on the conclusion that the complex problem
situation will increase the students’ curiosity, so they involve in the investigation [27, 47]. In doing the
investigation, the research framework is also arranged by the students, so the learning activity is centered on
the students [48]. The learning activities that are done during the research also show that the students in
experiment class can memorize better than the students in control class about the reaction rate materials.
It can be happened since they interact directly with formulating the problem and solution to solve the
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problem relating to the reaction rate materials. The investigation process also shows that the students can
divide the tasks in solving the problem and being responsible to solve it.
Therefore, the teacher’s role as facilitator must be run optimally to arrange and guide he students to
be able to develop every skill that is not showed up yet, such as critical thinking skill [49]. The critical
thinking skill is very important to be mastered by people today to gather much information that is developed
in the world. It becomes the important point why people must have critical thinking skill to understand and
get the meaning of these information [50]. The worst decision making and problem solving, the resource
abuse, and the absence of a sustainable policy direction are the bad consequence that must be gotten if there
is no implementation of critical thinking skill in teaching and learning process [49]. Therefore, supported by
the implementation of PBL to reveal many solutions to solve the problem in the real world makes the critical
learners are not afraid to face the world challenge that is dynamic and complex [45]. The problem-based
learning model actually can help the students to be able to cooperate with the others to find out the solution.
The ability to be able to cooperate with the others is also needed in working field now, so the importance of
PBL model more reveals the students’ cognitive skill and collaborative skill. Thus, it should be done when
PBL model must be implemented as learning model in teaching and learning process.
4. CONCLUSION
Problem-based learning (PBL) model through empiric and theoretic review shows positive result to
increase the critical thinking skill rather that the implementation of conventional model. Based on
the research result, the researchers recommend for all teachers to implement PBL model in lesson plan and
teaching and learning activity to increase the students’ academic skills. PBL model can also help the students
to save the gotten information since they interact directly with the problems, so it becomes the deep part of
their long-term memory. The next research is hoped to be able to reveal other high order thinking skills
that are needed in this modern world and to answer every challenge in changing world that is more dynamic
and complex.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Through this article, the author would like to thank the community of SMAN 6 Kupang and SMAN
7 Kupang for the cooperation and the willingness to be the location of the research.
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BIOGRAPHIES OF AUTHORS
Daud Dakabesi is a Postgraduate student in Chemical Education, Yogyakarta State University.
Now actively writing articles related to critical thinking skills, problem solving skills and
constructive learning.
Isana Supiah Yosephine Louise, is a lecturer in the Department of Chemical Education,
Yogyakarta State University. An active researcher in the areas of Character Competence,
Methanol, Ethanol, Propanol, Studies on Hydrogen Evolution Reaction on Fe-Co / s, Fe-Ni / s
and Co-Ni / s Electrodes, Behavior of Water Electrolysis Cells with Stainless Steel Electrodes,
Variations Temperature and Time on Electrolysis of Various Brands of Kitchen Salt Solution.
Obtained a doctorate from Gadjah Mada University.