The Effect of Project-based Learning and Creativity on the Students’ Competence at Vocational High Schools

The preliminary surveys show that many students are less creative, so that it difficult to understand the concept of physics. Many students who do not mastery learning of physics so that it difficult to applied the concept of physics in relevant subjects. Therefore, project-based learning is implemented. This study aims to determine the effect of project-based learning and creativity on the students’ competence. This research used quasi experiment method with pretest-posttest group control design. The subjects of the research were students of eleventh grade at vocational high schools. Data were collected using observation sheets, creativity tests, and achievement tests. The result of the research shows that the project-based learning impact on the students' competence, in the terms of: (1) There is a significant difference of the students’ competence who use the project-based learning with students who use the conventional learning. (2) There is a significant difference of competence between students who have high and low creativity in project-based learning. (3) There is interaction of learning model and creativity that effect to the students’ competence. Thus, student competence is significantly influenced by the implementation of project-based learning. The effect of project-based learning model to the competence of students includes large categories. Keywords—project-based learning; creativity; students competency