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标题：The Effect of Project Based Learning on Level of Content Knowledge of Pre-Vocational Subject
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作者：Yang Guat See ; Abdullah Mat Rashid ; Ab Rahim Bakar 等
期刊名称：Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences
电子版ISSN：2039-2117
出版年度：2015
卷号：6
期号：6 S4
页码：369-375
DOI：10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n6s4p369
出版社：Mediterranean Center of Social and Educational Research (MCSER)
摘要：Project based learning (PoBL) offers promise as an instructional method that engaged student in school grounded through their experience with authentically learning. Findings from previous research shows results of positive effects on student such as create active, interesting and meaningful learning. The PoBL can be used as a teaching method in building 21st century skills. This article reports the effect of PoBL towards students’ level of knowledge in the Integrated Living Skills subject. This subject is a pre-vocational subject and has offers to students of lower secondary school education. The quasi experimental design was employed with the pre and post group design of two groups, the control group of 30 respondents and the treatment group of 33 respondents. The intervention executed took about eight weeks while the instruments used consist of a set of pre-test and post-test for one topic called Project Designs and Production in the subject. The finding shows that there is significant difference in mean scores between the treatment and control group. As a conclusion, the PoBL method can be practiced by teachers in the field of technical and vocational education as well as be made into a pedagogical practice besides traditional teaching in improving students’ level of knowledge.
关键词：Project based learning; 21st century skills; level of content knowledge; vocational subject; technical and vocational education