Project based learning to improve student learning activeness

Abstract

This paper presents the results of a study of the Project Based Learning model to improve student learning activeness. As for the background of writing this paper because to face the challenges of the 21st Century skills needed to apply knowledge including communication, collaborative, critical thinking and creativity (4 C). Communication and collaborative skills in learning aim to make students more active. Project based learning involves the performance of students directly in making a project, the lecturer acts as a facilitator and supervision that monitors student activities in designing activities, arranging schedules, implementing projects, solving problems and making decisions with the final product that will be reported and presented by students as an evaluation activity from the results of project-based learning. Project-based learning can increase student activity in learning.