The Influence of Project-based Learning (PjBL) and Learning Style om Mathematics Communication Skills of Junior High School Students

Abstract

Teachers have an important role to improve the mathematical communication skills of students as one of the skills to implement mathematical learning. The purpose of this research is to find out how the Project-based learning (PJBL) affects students ’ communication skills, to know the influence of learning styles on student communication skills, and to know the learning model interactions between Project-based learning (PJBL) and learning style to the communication skills of junior high school students. The method used is the quasi-experimental method. The study employed the two-way analysis techniques variance (ANOVA) with un-equivalent cells. Based on the results of the hypothesis testing, it can be concluded that (1) there is an influence of Project-based Learning (PJBL) which produces better mathematical communication skills than students in conventional learning, (2) there is a difference in the influence between auditory learning style, visual, and kinesthetic toward the students’ mathematical communication skills. Students with auditory and visual learning styles are better on mathematical communication skills, and (3) there is no interaction between learning models and learning styles toward students’ mathematical communication skills.