The Portrait of The Effectiveness of KKNI-Based Curriculum Implementation as An Internalization Efforts in The 21st Century Skills in Medan State University

Abstract

This study aims to describe the effectiveness of KKNI-based curriculum implementation as an effort to internalize 21st century skills at Medan State University. The focus of the research study is the effectiveness of the implementation of the 6 KKNI tasks, namely: routine assignments, Critical Book Report (CBR), Critical Journal Review (CJR), engineering ideas, projects, and mini research. This research is a descriptive quantitative research, with a sample of 280 students from all state faculties at Medan State University. Data were collected using observation and questionnaire, then analyzed using descriptive statistics. The results showed that the effectiveness of KKNI implementation was obtained on average 3.33 (83.25%) in the Good category. That is, the implementation of the KKNI-based curriculum has gone well at the State University of Medan.