Year: 2026 | Month: March | Volume: 13 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 16-22
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20260303
The Impact of Problem-Based Learning Model on Students’ Historical Thinking Skills in History Education at Teuku Umar High School, Semarang
Resha Yudhistira1, Arif Purnomo2
1Department of History Education, 2Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Semarang State University, Semarang, Indonesia.
Corresponding Author: Resha Yudhistira
ABSTRACT
Historical awareness helps people understand their identity as a nation and build a spirit of nationalism. In this case, the learning model used is the Problem-Based Learning model The objectives of this study are: 1) To analyze the historical thinking skills of class XI students taught using the Problem Based Learning model; 2) To analyze the historical thinking skills of class XI students taught without the Problem Based Learning model; 3) To analyze the differences in historical thinking skills between students taught using the Problem-Based Learning model and those not taught using the Problem-Based Learning model. The study used a quantitative approach with a quasi-experimental design in the form of a nonequivalent control group design. The research subjects consisted of two classes, namely the experimental class, which was taught using the Problem-Based Learning model, and the control class, which used the conventional model. The results of the study show a significant increase in historical thinking skills in the experimental class. Based on the t-test results, the tcount is 4.221, which is greater than the ttable value of 1.667. A tcount > ttable value indicates a significant difference between the average of the experimental class and the control class, so hypothesis H1 is accepted and H0 is rejected. The acceptance of H1 indicates that there is a difference in historical thinking skills between students taught using the Problem-Based Learning model and those not taught using the Problem-Based Learning model. The findings of this study indicate that the Problem-Based Learning model has a significant effect on the historical thinking skills of students at Teuku Umar High School in Semarang.
Keywords: Problem Based Learning, Historical Thinking Skills, History Learning.
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