Physics Achievement in Stem Project Based Learning (PjBL): A Gender Study

Abstract

Today's learners will face increasing global competition for college entrance and jobs after graduation. They need to succeed in work, life and citizenship, as well as skills that are necessary for 21st century. Teaching and learning's in the 21st century has to put the emphasis on the 4Cs, collaboration, critical thinking, creativity, and communication in the gender equality environments. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Project Based Learning (PjBL) provides students to learn 4Cs skills. However, the role of gender in STEM PjBL is not clear well. So, this experimental study, run a project within an experimental group of 50 students and compare with another 57 students in the control group by employing Mixed-Design ANOVA, to evaluate changes in achievement performance differences between the genders? We observe there were not significant differences in performance of girls and boys in the high school by running a project and measuring students' achievement. Future study should cover the effect of gender differences on the STEM PjBL teaching method in the high school for preparing students for 21st century challenges in a broad range.

Project Based Learning and Academic Procrastination of Students in Learning Physics

“…As a result, when a friend who is considered smart is not able to solve the problem given, members of the group do not show an effort to work together to solve the problem and tend to ask the teacher directly. This shows that DI does not train students' persistence in learning and tends to spoil students to gain knowledge (Samsudin et al, 2017). The quality of knowledge possessed by students is relatively lacking and is only focused on answering textual test questions.…”

“…The ineffectiveness of the DI model is due to its monotonous nature and students are in the capacity as passive learners, meaning students gain knowledge from the material presented by the teacher during classroom learning (Baran et al, 2018;Samsudin et al, 2017). Students just listen to the explanation about the topic from the teacher and they can only recognize the concept without understanding it properly.…”

“…Second, the prior knowledge and reasoning of each student is different so that there is a gap during the learning process between the students who have a good academic ability and those who lack academic (Samsudin et al, 2017). Studying in the same time frame does not make the students with an adequate academic ability experience difficulty in obtaining and understanding the concepts being studied compared to those who lack academic abilities or lack initial knowledge.…”

Analysis and Development of Learning Plans Using Project Based Learning Model in Fostering 4 Cs Skills of Economics Education Students

“…Besides, it also helps students learn core subject matter and practice collaboration, communication & critical thinking skills [16]. Additionally, according to [17], the implementation of Project Based Learning can further encourage students' problem-solving skills to achieve higher levels of achievement in physics mechanical tests. Study conducted by [18] revealed that 4Cs-based Project-Based Learning model had a significant effect on students' learning independence and reading comprehension skills.…”

The Effect of STEM Project Based Learning on Self-Efficacy Among High-School Physics Students

“…Directly and indirectly, self-efficacy showed powerful correlations between academic performance and personal adjustment (Jamali et al, 2015;Samsudin et al, 2017). Students who had confidence when entering college performed significantly better during their first year than students who had less confidence (Chemers et al, 2001;Varon, 2015).…”