Increasing/Improving Semester (VII) Students Activities and Learning Outcomes in the Study Program of Technical Fabric Design through the Course of Learning and Jigsaw Instruction Technique

Abstract

The problem of low learning activities coupled with limited learning outcomes of students in the technical fabric design in the seventh (VII) semester   has been handled through the course of learning and jigsaw instruction technique. Based on this, the study focused on: 1. Establishing whether the use of Jigsaw technique could increase semester seven (vii) students learning activities on the undergraduate program of technical fabric design through the course of learning and jigsaw instruction technique, and 2. Finding out whether the use of Jigsaw technique could improve semester seven (vii) students learning outcomes. The research hypotheses were: 1. The use of the jigsaw instruction technique in the seventh semester could improve students learning activities, 2. The use of Jigsaw technique could lead to the improvement of the learning outcomes of the undergraduate students of the technical fabric design program. This research was conducted in three (3) cycles, each cycle consisting of 3 (three) meetings. Data was collected through observation and questionnaires and it was later on analyzed using qualitative descriptive analysis. The results were: 1. Application of the jigsaw learning technique could increase learning activities of semester seven students. This was demonstrated by an increase in student learning activities by 47.62% from the initial observation of 25% to 72.62%, 2. Application of jigsaw technique led to the improvement of learning outcomes in the sevenths semester of the undergraduate program of technical fabric design. This was showed by an increase in students’ results from an average of 2.50 to 3.33.

Keywords: Instruction, Jigsaw Technique, Learning Activities, and Learning Outcomes