The Effectiveness of the Project-Based Learning Model Using Fabric Scraps on the Creativity of Kindergarten
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https://doi.org/10.59638/ihyaulum.v4i2.865Keywords:
Project Based Learning;, Fabric Scraps Media;, Creativity, Early Childhood EducationAbstract
The present study investigates how effective the Project Based Learning (PjBL) model combined with fabric scrap instructional media is in nurturing the creative capacities of early childhood learners. Employing a quantitative methodology within a Quasi-Experimental framework, this research adopted the Nonequivalent Control Group Design. Twenty-four kindergarten children aged five to six years from PAUD Melati DWP UNM Makassar were enrolled as research subjects and assigned through purposive sampling into an experimental class, which received the PjBL model with fabric scrap media, and a comparison class, which followed conventional drawing-and-coloring activities, each containing twelve children. To collect data, researchers observed children's performance and scored it using a validated creativity rubric covering four creative dimensions: ideational fluency, cognitive flexibility, originality of output, and elaborative detail. Descriptive statistical methods and the Wilcoxon Signed Ranks nonparametric test were applied for data analysis. The outcomes demonstrated a marked improvement in creativity scores among experimental-group children between initial and final assessments, with all participants ultimately classified under the Creative or Very Creative levels. Given that the resulting significance value fell well below the accepted threshold, this study concludes that implementing the Project Based Learning model with fabric scrap media significantly enhances kindergarten children's creativity, producing far superior gains compared to the comparison group.
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