The effect of using problem-oriented project-based learning in biology electronic module to empower problem-solving of high school students.

Improving the quality of human resources through education and environmental issues are 21st-century life challenges that must be resolved. Implementing 21st-century education is expected to integrate knowledge, skills, and attitudes and mastery of information and communication technology, balanced by increasing problem-solving. In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic has also affected the implementation of learning activities, resulting in the ineffectiveness of teaching and learning activities in schools. It is necessary to learn biology with the main characteristics of project-based learning, focus on essential materials, and have the flexibility for teachers to carry out learning. To deal with this, research is needed to develop electronic teaching materials in the form of e-modules to facilitate online learning activities in schools and problem-oriented project-based learning (POPBL) biology learning models to facilitate the application of learning activities following the demands of the educational paradigm. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of the POPBL-based electronic module by comparing the differences in the level of problem-solving between students who study biology and those who do not use the POPBL-based electronic module. The research was a quasi-experiment using a non- randomized control group pretest-posttest design. The sample in this study was 72 students divided into an experimental class and a control class. ANCOVA results show a significance value of p= 0.000 <α (0.05) for problem-solving, so it can be concluded that using a POPBL-based e-module has an effect. The corrected mean value of problem-solving in the experimental class is more significant than in the control class. So, it can be concluded that biology learning using POPBL- based e-module has a higher potential to improve students' problem-solving skills than conventional learning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]