Performance of Psychomotor Skill in Structural and Material Laboratory: A Comparison of Two Teaching Approach

Abstract

Psychomotor skills are important for engineering students to have to become a professional engineer or technician. Psychomotor skills, often known as manual or physical abilities, are typically developed in a laboratory. This study's primary objective was to evaluate the performance comparison of the students' psychomotor skills during open-distance and faceto-face learning for the structural and material laboratory. Instead of simply following the pre-established rules from a laboratory manual as usual during face-to-face class, students are given the freedom to design the simulation experiments during open distance learning (ODL). The psychomotor skills are evaluated based on the practical test and project-based. According to the findings of this study, the student's performance on practical tests and projects achieved the comparable score for semester F2F and ODL. Even though there is a little difference in percentage of attainment for the project between those two teaching approaches, it is still satisfactory as both approaches are able to pass the requirement grade.

The Aspects Of Critical Thinking Toward Students' Psychomotor Skill In Learning Of Microprocessor And Microcontroller Programming Techniques

“…The authors (Ali Begam et al, 2018) (Zanal et al, 2023) view the elements of psychomotor learning outcomes as including (1) skill in using tools; (2) the ability to plan, implement, and analyze until the work is completed; (3) the ability to read technical drawings and symbols; (4) the ability to make decisions using the theory obtained; (5) the time required to complete the work; and (6) the quality of the tasks completed. The authors (Mayuze et al, 2023) (Salim et al, 2012) (Seth et al, 2016) argue that the assessment of psychomotor skills can be carried out based on the following (1) planning the steps of the work process in sequence; (2) able to choose the appropriate materials; (3) determine the amount of material needed; (4) able to choose the appropriate tools; (5) following the correct procedures for each implementation;…”