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Optimization of Essential Skills in 21st In Students Through STEM Integrated Research Based Learning

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: The problem of the research is the low basic skills possessed by students, so that students have the potential to find it difficult to find work in accordance with their field. With the enactment of economic changes globally, the world of work, both nationally and internationally, provides requirements for prospective workers who will enter the workforce concerned to have essential skills in the 21st century. STEM implementation in research based learning aims to instill, grow and develop the basic skills needed in essential skills in the 21st century. This research will be conducted using experimental research methods with the data analysis technique used is the analysis of covariance (anacova) 1 way with 2 covariances. The sample of this research is 124 students majoring in mechanical engineering, Faculty of Engineering, State University of Malang. The result of the study is that there is a significant difference between the STEM integrated research based learning group and the conventional group controlled by the variable learning skills and the ability to innovate.

RBL-STEM Learning Activity Framework: The Development of Paving Block Decorations Using Local Antimagic Coloring Techniques in Improving Students’ Conjecturing Thinking Skills

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The ability of conjecturing thinking skill is very important in the industrial era 4.0. Conjecturing thinking skills are the skills to make strong guesses or predictions on problem solving. This skill is also strongly related to the skill of generalizing from a specific truth to a broad truth. Therefore in this study, the Research-Based Learning model which is integrated with the STEM approach (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) will be applied to solve the STEM problem of paving block decorations. Students are introduced to the application in the form of local antimagic coloring techniques. The next step is how to bring STEM problem solving in learning class, then the developed RBL and STEM tools in learning to improve students’ conjecturing thinking skill. Base on this study, it shows that the problem solving elaborated with four elements of STEM is considered to be a breakthrough in applying RBL-STEM in the classroom to solve the paving block decoration problem.

The Analysis of the Implementation of Research-Based Learning with STEM Approach to Improving the Students’ Metaliteracy in Solving the Resolving Strong Dominating Set Problem on traffic CCTV placement

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Metaliteracy is urgently needed in the digital era, however, is still not widely owned by students. This metaliteracy requires high-level thinking skills to process various problems with various media sources, as well as it requires a collaborative environment. To achieve a good metaliteracy equipped with a higher thinking skill, we will implement research-based learning with a STEM approach in the learning process. This study uses a mixed-method by combining qualitative and quantitative methods. The subject of this study is the students of mathematics education as the candidates for teachers. They are grouped into two classes, namely, experiment class and control class. We used an independent sample t-test to determine the significant difference in the students’ metaliteracy between the experiment class and the control class under the implementation of the research-based learning model with the STEM approach to resolve the strong domination problem. Before testing the significant difference, we tested the homogeneity. The test results on the pre-test items showed that the significance score is 0.747 > 0.05, meaning the two classes are homogeneous. The independent sample t-test showed that the score is 0.020 < 0.05, which indicates that the difference between the two classes is significant. It implies that implementing the research-based learning materials with a STEM approach affects the students’ metaliteracy improvements.