Empowering Vocational Studentsr Literacy Skills through Project Based Learning

Abstract

Nowadays, Indonesia has been a part of the ASEAN Economic Community so that it requires human resources that are able to compete in the working world. Accordingly, it is expected that vocational high school students must have literacy skills in order to increase students' competitiveness. However, the facts show that the students' literacy skills are still low since the learning process is still theoretical and textbook oriented. Consequently, the learning process becomes less effective and efficient. This research focuses on using Project Based Learning to improve the students' literacy skills. It is a learning method which can make the teaching and learning process become more meaningful for students. The research subjects are students from two vocational schools in rural and urban areas. The data collection methods include focus groups, semi-structured interviews, and observation. Quantitative analysis using percentage is used to analyze the gained data. The results of data analysis show the improvement of students' literacy skills to help them to be successful in the 21st century global community and economy. Qualitative results show the perceptions of the most improved literacy skills.

Effect of Quizizz Application on the Students’ Reading Comprehension

“…This can be observed when students answer the following questions while reading a text. As previously stated, indicators of reading comprehension include main idea, vocabulary, inferences, grammatical features, detailed information, exclusion of unwritten facts, and supporting ideas (Susanti & Trisusana, 2018). All these indicators are included in the test as a tool for researchers to assess the extent of their reading comprehension abilities.…”