The development of marine resources investigative practicum and its effect on creative thinking skills and life skill of vocational school student

Abstract

Abstract The abundant marine resources in Indramayu Regency have not been optimally utilized by the community. Through learning at the Maritime Affairs Ministry, management of marine resources makes it possible to develop. The development of investigative practicum is the development of practical learning design using the 3D method which consists of 3 stages: define, design, develop. The stages of development start from determining the object of research, making a practical investigation design, testing the steps and instruments of investigative practical activities, and testing the effect and effectiveness of investigative practicum design on students’ creative thinking and life skills on a quasy experiment through pre test and post test Non-Equivalent Control Group Design. The research subject was determined by purposive sampling. 40 students from the 10th grade of the Fisheries Product Processing Agribusiness (APHP) study program will be selected to study biotechnology at the Maritime Partnership Vocational School. Data were collected using investigative worksheets, investigative observation sheets, creative thinking skills instruments, life skill tests, questionnaires and interviews to explore students’ responses regarding investigative practicum. The results of this study are the design of the investigative practicum developed that was tested with result of independent sample T-test on the skills to think creatively and life skill of the experimental class differed significantly from the control class. So it can be concluded that the investigative practicum developed has an effect on the skills to think creatively and life skills between the experimental class and the control class. Effectiveness is shown by students’ responses of 60% positive towards the application of investigative practicum learning and included in the good category.