Development of Scientific Writing Guidelines for Project Based Learning in Vocational School

Abstract

This research started from the results of a need analysis that vocational students still have a lot of difficulties in compiling reports on scientific papers from project-based learning outcomes in class. Around 56,25% of students have not systematically compiled scientific papers. In fact, students must have the ability to write scientifically including writing scientific papers. The purpose of this study is to produce a guidebook for preparing valid, practical and effective scientific paper reports for vocational students. This research used the method of Research and Development (R&D). Product design and implementation was carried out using the TIER model (Training Intervention Effectiveness Research). The subjects in this study were 105 grade XI students majoring in Industrial Electronic Engineering at SMK 1 Katapang. The results of this study concluded that students are able to write scientific papers with systematic writing in accordance with the instructions in the guidebook. This study reveals the guidebook is valid, practical and effective. This was indicated by the validation score of the experts that was 4,25 with very good classification, the percentage of mastery learning with growth from 34,3% to 100% in the classification was very good, and the student response score was 4,1 with good classification.