Proceedings of Social Sciences, Humanities and Economics Conference (SoSHEC 2017)

Strengthening the 21st Century Skills of Elementary School Students through the Implementation of Project Based Learning

Authors
Mr Riyadi, Yuni Rahayu
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Available Online October 2017.
DOI
10.2991/soshec-17.2018.50How to use a DOI?
Keywords
project based learning, the 21st century skills, elementary school students
Abstract

The purpose of this study is to improve the 21st century skills on elementary school students through the implementation of project based learning. These skills play an important role for students to survive. This study was conducted on 24 students of Public Elementary School in Indonesia, of which were divided into 6 groups consisting of 4 students. This study was conducted in 2 meetings. The first meeting was done by building the students same perceptions about the projects applied, preparing the projects and schedules with the students, and doing additional tasks outside of classroom activities. At the second meeting, students did performance related with displaying their project results and are assessed on cooperation level, skills in using tools or media, how to obtain the learning or information sources, and ability to express ideas. The three best performances were chosen to be presented in front of their parents. Results showed that the implementation of project based learning was able to promote positive effects on students skills based on the assessment components.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of Social Sciences, Humanities and Economics Conference (SoSHEC 2017)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
October 2017
ISBN
978-94-6252-490-3
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/soshec-17.2018.50How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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