Implementation of project-based learning (PjBL) model to increase students’ creativity and critical thinking skill in vocational creative product subjects

The primary goal of education was the development of an individual's potential to foster intellectual, emotional, social, creative, and critical ways of thinking. It was important to remember that the concept and purpose of education can vary across cultures and contexts, and attitudes about education can also change over time as social, technological, and human developments occur. This research aimed to solve problems that arise in the classroom to improve students' creativity and critical thinking. This type of research used classroom action research that focuses on improving classroom learning in a practical manner pursued by a teacher by developing activities that can improve the quality of the learning process in the classroom. The data analysis results of the student product creativity assessment were 75% in the excellent creativity category and 25% at the excellent creativity level. Implementation of PjBL model had an effect on increasing student creativity as evidenced by the results of hypothesis testing, namely by testing with the Gain Score method, which there were N-gain results of 0.53 and showed a moderate increase in creativity compared to student scores before the implementation of the PjBL model, which there was an increase in the value before the model was implemented

Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI) Integrated Case Method-Flipped Classroom: Innovative Instructional Model to Improve Problem-Solving Skill and Learning Outcome of TVET Students

The post-pandemic has affected all educational institutions, including TVET. The situation has shifted fully online learning into a blended one, conducted online through e-learning and onsite through face-to-face learning. In this learning, students must do self-directed learning before coming to the class, known as the flipped classroom method. On the other hand, to trigger their effort to do so, applying the case method is valuable to improve their problem-solving skill. Therefore, the flipped classroom and case method integration needs to be implemented. In the flipped classroom method, students must use CAI media to optimise the learning outcome. This study aims to see the effectiveness of integrating CAI into case method-flipped classrooms in improving the problem-solving skills and learning outcomes of TVET students. This study used a quasi-experiment with a pre-test and post-test control group design. The research instruments were a questionnaire and an achievement test with 62 participants. Based on the results, it was found that there was a significant difference in students’ problem-solving skills and learning outcomes between control and experimental groups. Research findings showed substantial improvements in students’ material understanding and problem-solving skills. Students reported high engagement and satisfaction with the proposed interactive learning model. Thus, it can be concluded that the CAI-integrated Case Method-Flipped Classroom effectively improves TVET students’ problem-solving skills and learning outcomes. The novelty of this research is that it offers an innovation from various learning models in TVET that TVET educators can implement. The model provides time efficiency availability of such a lead-in that bridges the initial material to the primary material. Hence, the investigation results in this study provide a new knowledge reference for the TVET education curriculum