Problem-Based Learning with Argumentation Skills to Improve Students’ Concept Understanding

Abstract

Understanding students’ concepts can be achieved well, one of them is by applying Problem Based Learning. With Problem Based Learning, students can be actively involved in learning. This article discusses the Problem Based Learning that applies argumentation skills to improve understanding of the buoyant style concept of high school students. With the right learning steps in accordance with the syntax of Problem Based Learning, understanding of concepts will be achieved in students. Besides that, it involves students’ skills in the cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains. One of the skills analyzed is argumentation skills. In this study, the argumentation skill in problem-based learning is high, which is 0.639 which means that the relationship between the skills of argumentation in problem-based learning is very good. Each activity is expected to facilitate students to develop an understanding of students’ scientific concepts such as observing, concluding, predicting, asking questions, constructing hypotheses, designing experiments, applying concepts, and communicating. Problem Based Learning with argumentation skills can improve students’ understanding of concepts.