Impact of Project Based Learning on Creative Thinking Skills and Student Learning Outcomes

Abstract

Abstract The purpose of the study was to determine the effect of the application of Project Based Learning (PjBL) on creative thinking skills (CTS) and student learning outcomes on vibrations and waves. The approach and design used were Quasi Experimental and the one-group posttest-pretest. Purposive sampling technique has been used to select 2 classes of research samples, namely class VIII-A (control) and VIII-B (experiment) high school students. Data collection on CTS and student learning outcomes (LO) using a test instrument in the form of multiple choice questions developed by the researcher. The data analysis used the normalized N-gain score formula and the percentage formula. The results of the data analysis show that the PjBL learning model can improve the CTS of the experimental class students with a high category compared to the control class. Student learning outcomes through the PjBL learning model show better than through non-PjBL. The conclusion in this study is that the PjBL model can improve creative thinking skills and student learning outcomes.