The Influence of Project-based Learning to Empower Students' Cognitive Abilities

This research aimed to describe the influence of project-based learning (PjBL) on the cognitive abilities of students. The research method used an experimental design. The samples were classified into two studies and collected in a non-randomized manner. The subjects were the students of the first semester in FKIP Universitas Muhammadiyah Surabaya who was programming Indonesian course. The research data was collected by using tests to test cognitive abilities or learning outcomes. The data was then analyzed descriptively, especially against the mean and its standard deviation. Before the statistical test, a check was carried out on the normality and uniformity of the data. The next step is the analysis of MANOVA. Based on the results of the discussion, it can be concluded that the value of F calculating cognitive ability was 21,836 with a significance level of 0.000. There was a significant influence of the project-based learning model on cognitive abilities between the experimental group and the control group. Therefore, Ho was rejected because there was an influence on students’ cognitive abilities or learning outcomes. Thus, the hypothesis of this research was proven. The results showed that there was an influence of project-based learning models on cognitive abilities, in this case student learning outcome