Implementing Project-Based Learning in Scientific Writing Class

This article is based on my research on writing in my scientific writing class. The article was presented on the 3rd ELITE International Conference held by UIN SUSKA Pekanbaru Riau on 9-10 January 2016. It was published in the Proceedings of the 3rd ELITE International Conference with ISBN: 978-602-6879-29-5. Just klick here to read and to cite this article for your article references.

ABSTRACT 

Project-Based Learning (PBL) is a model for classroom activity emphasizing learning activities that are long-term, not isolated, student-centered, and integrated with real issues and practices. The practice of PBL is also practical and purposeful to encourage the students to learn creatively based on their fields of interest.

In the classroom of Scientific Writing course, the students tend to be encountered with the real problem, producing a research proposal. It will become the crucial issue for the obligation to undergraduate thesis writing as the real-world investigation in the next semester. It might also become the challenge in their future life after graduation. Therefore, with the power of PBL through research proposal writing, it leads the student writers to develop the writing skill. In an attempt to deal with the challenging problem, this paper introduces the appropriate teaching procedures to lead to the success of implementation of PBL in Scientific Writing class. More importantly, since PBL is both process and product oriented, writing process in the writing instruction is discussed and implemented as well. 

Keywords: Project-Based Learning, Writing Skill, Scientific Writing, Research Proposal Writing