Improving Students Skills In Assembling Electronic Circuits Through An Experiment-Based Problem-Solving Learning Model

Abstract

This study aimed to improve student’s learning outcomes after participating in the learning process of Basic Electronics using the problem-solving learning model. The research was conducted at SMK Negeri 5 Banda Aceh during the 2024–2025 academic year. The research method employed was Classroom Action Research (CAR), which was carried out in two cycles. Each cycle consisted of four stages: planning, action, observation, and reflection. The subjects of this study were 15 eleventh-grade students. The research instrument used was a learning outcomes test in the form of a practical test. The results of the study indicated that the implementation of the problem-solving learning model was able to improve students’ learning outcomes. Of the 15 students, the achievement of the Minimum Mastery Criteria (KKM) showed an improvement, with the average learning outcome reaching 79% in Cycle I and increasing to 87.6% in Cycle II. This clearly demonstrates that students’ learning outcomes improved from Cycle I to Cycle II. Therefore, Cycle II met the indicators of learning outcome achievement.