Improving automotive student's creativity and online learning motivation through project-based learning in entrepreneurship creative products subjects

A basic problem of learning through online media during the COVID-19 is a lack of attractive learning models, so that it can reduce students' creativity and learning motivation. The application of the project-based learning model is one of the models which can overcome problems of creativity and student learning motivation in online learning. This study aimed to examine the effect of implementing a project-based learning model to increase students' creativity and online learning motivation in the creative products and entrepreneurship subject in the automotive vocational major. One of the Quasi-experimental research, Pretest-Posttest Control Group design was applied. A total of 146 vocational education students in the automotive department were selected to be involved as research samples. The observation method was used to collect data on creativity and learning motivation at the pretest and posttest using an instrument that was arranged based on the indicators in the dependent variable. The collected data were analyzed through paired sample and independent sample t-test, which were first tested for analysing prerequisites then finding mean difference. The results of data analysis showed that the project-based learning model application was proven to be significant in increasing students' creativity and online learning motivation in the creative products and entrepreneurship subjects. The learning model is significantly superior to the previous conventional model. The project-based learning model is very important to be applied in online learning in the automotive department, particularly in the creative products and entrepreneurship subject. © 2023 Author(s).

Project Based Learning to Improve Online Geometry Learning in Elementary School Teacher Education Students in The Covid-19 Pandemic

The Covid-19 pandemic is still ongoing and requires learning to be done online. For this reason, it is necessary to use the right learning model so that learning objectives can be achieved. This research was conducted to improve learning outcomes of Geometry learning through a project-based learning model, namely Project Based Learning (PjBL). This research is a classroom action research (action research) which consists of two cycles. The subjects in this study were 124 students of PGSD FKIP UNS Kebumen Campus for the 2020/2021 academic year. Data collection techniques used are observation, interviews, and tests. This learning model is carried out in several steps, namely (a) presenting problems, (b) preparing project plans, (c) compiling a schedule of project activities, (d) monitoring project implementation, (e) presenting project results and (f) evaluating project results. The results of this study indicate that student learning outcomes increased, indicated by an increase in the average learning outcomes of cycle 1 by 71.2 and increased in cycle 2 to 81.3. Therefore, the Project Based Learning (PjBL) learning model can improve online geometry learning for PGSD FKIP UNS students, Kebumen Campus. © 2021 ACM.

The Effect of Caring Training on the Implementation of Caring Behavior and Work Culture of Nurses in Providing Services to COVID-19 Patients in an Indonesia’s National Referral Hospital

BACKGROUND: Nursing services are one of the criteria for hospital health care. Nurses are the health care workers who have the most contact with patients. Nurses had relatively limited interaction with patients during the epidemic. As a result, it is necessary to increase caring behavior in service delivery. AIM: This study aims to determine the effect of caring training on the implementation of caring behavior and work culture of nurses in providing services to COVID-19 patients in an Indonesia’s National Referral Hospital. METHODS: This study used a quasi-experimental design, with one-group pretest-posttest approach. The study was carried out in Indonesia’s National Referral Hospital. The research was conducted between August and December 2021. The caring training lasted around 4 h. Purposive sampling was used to select the sample, which included as many as 92 persons. The Caring Behaviors Inventory-42 and value culture tools were used to collect data. Questionnaires and observation sheets were utilized to retrieve direct measurement data. The collected data were analyzed using a univariate test and a Wilcoxon test for bivariate analysis. RESULTS: The average age of nurses was 34 years old, with an average working time of 9 years. There was no significant difference in knowledge between before and after care training (p >0.05). However, there was a significant difference in attitude, work culture, and caring behavior between before and after caring training (p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: When nurses provided care to COVID-19 patients in an Indonesian national referral hospital, the caring training had an impact on their behavior and work culture. The hospital should continue a compassionate training program, reinforce it with regulations, monitor assessments, and apply rewords and consequences.

THE MATHEMATIC CONNECTION ABILITY OF PRE-SERVICE TEACHER DURING ONLINE LEARNING ACCORDING TO THEIR LEARNING STYLE

Mathematic connection is one of the basic abilities someone must have in order to learn mathematic successfully. Mathematic connection helps someone to understand the function of mathematics, improving mathematic concept, determining the correlation among mathematic concepts, and identifying the application of mathematic in the surrounding environment. The most common issue occur regarding this case is that the mathematic connection ability of mathematic pedagogy students are considerably low that finally result to low learning outcome. Moreover, mathematic learning is conducted online during the COVID-19 pandemic. Not every lecturer is capable to conduct an online learning properly. As the result, it becomes harder for the students to learn mathematic, let alone finding mathematic connection. This study aims at describing the mathematic connection ability among the mathematic pre-service teacher during online and offline learning, comparing the ability between the students who undergo online and offline learning, and creating the visualizations of mathematic connection ability of mathematic pedagogy students who undergo online learning based on their learning style. This study implements mixed methods with explanatory sequential design. The technique and data collecting instrument are conducted in two ways, those are quantitative and qualitative data collection techniques. For the quantitative data (mathematic connection ability), it is measured through test, while the qualitative data is acquired using questionnaire and descriptive qualitative according to the category of mathematic connection ability. The findings obtained are the mathematic connection ability of the students. The findings presents that the mathematic connection ability of students in online learning are better than those in offline learning (expository). Students with the tendency of having more than one learning style are better than those who only prefer one type of learning style (visual, auditory, kinaesthetic). © 2022