PENINGKATAN KEMAMPUAN BERPENDAPAT MAHASISWA MELALUI PROBLEM BASED LEARNING (PBL)

Abstract

Rasa malu atau kecemasan mahasiswa menjadi kendala utama setiap individu untuk berkomunikasi, termasuk berpendapat. Karena itu, melalui problem based learning (PBL) mahasiswa termotivasi untuk berpikir secara kritis dan analitik sehingga kemampuan berpendapat meningkat. Desain penelitian ini dilaksanakan melalui lesson study (LS) yang terdiri atas tahap plan, do, dan see. Hasil kajian ini dinyatakan bahwa ada dua faktor yang menyebabkan rendahnya kemampuan mengemukakan pendapat, yakni kecemasan (takut) dan kemampuan memahami konsep materi yang rendah. Akan tetapi, melalui model PBL dengan sistem LS, rasa takut mahasiswa dapat dikikis. Pemahaman mahasiswa dalam konsep materi menjadi meningkat. Peningkatan itu diimbangi dengan peningkatan kemampuan mengemukakan pendapat sebanyak 91% dari jumlah mahasiswa yang terlibat dalam pembelajaran.

This research aims to motivate students to think critically and analytically, through Problem-based Learning, thus, their ability to give argument increases. It needs to do since the students’ shyness and anxiety becomes major obstacles for each individual both to communicate and to give argument. Research design is done through Lesson Study having three stages; they are plan, do, and see. Result of this investigation shows that there are two factors causing the decrease of students’ ability to give argument. They are their anxiety (fear) and their low ability to understand subject matter concept. But, through Problem-based Learning with Lesson Study system, the students’ fear can be eliminated. The students’ understanding of subject matter concept also increases. This increase is balanced by the increase of students’ ability to give argument up to 95% of a number of students involved in this learning.