KESAN PENDEKATAN PEMBELAJARAN BERASASKAN PROJEK TERHADAP PENCAPAIAN PENULISAN KARANGAN JENIS FAKTA MURID TINGKATAN EMPAT

Abstract

This study was conducted to identify the effect of project-based learning (PBL) which consists of Project Site123 on the achievement of factual type 4 students essay writing. The objective of the first study was to examine the level of student essays in pre-test and post-test for control group and treatment group. The objective of the second study was to examine the differences in the mean scores of students' essays in the pre-test and post-test for the control group and the treatment group. The study was conducted using a quantitative approach. The method used is in the form of a quasi-experiment. A total of 60 sample of Form 4 students were involved in this study from one of the secondary schools in the district of Kampar, Perak. The study sample is a group of students who have been identified and determined by the school (intact group) and equivalent in terms of achievement, age as well as flow. The first group was a control group using traditional methods while the second group was a treatment group using PBL approach in teaching and learning (PdP) essays. Pre-test and post-test scores were analyzed using t-test statistics. The findings showed that the post-test mean score for the treatment group was higher than the pre-test for the same group as well as showing an increase in the level of essay after using PBL. The same findings also showed that the mean score of the treatment group was higher than the control group for the same test as well as showing that the treatment group performed better than the control group. The findings of this study have implications in current PdP practice.