Pengaruh Model Project Based Learning Terhadap Keterampilan Berpikir Tingkat Tinggi Mahasiswa Program Studi Pendidikan Agama Islam Fakultas Agama Islam Universitas Islam Riau

This study is motivated by the problem of higher-order thinking skills of students at the Islamic Education Study Program, The Faculty of Islamic Studies (FAI), Islamic University of Riau (UIR). The aim of this study is to investigate the influence of project-based learning model on students’ higher-order thinking skills at the Islamic Education Study Program, Islamic University of Riau. The type of this study is quantitative research with a correlation approach. Thesample of this study consists of 259 respondents. The data collection techniques used are questionnaires and documentation.The data analysis techniques used are normality test, descriptive, and simple linear regression. The results of the study show that the mastery level of project-based learning model in students’ perceptions and the students’ higher-order thinking skills at the Islamic Education Study Program, Islamic University of Riau are included in the high category with significance level of 0.000. The magnitude of the influence is moderate (0.440 or 44%). In conclusion, the project-based learning model influences the students’ higher-order thinking skills at the Islamic Education Study Program, Islamic University of Riau. This study has implications for the theory of higher-order thinking skills in Islamic Higher Education