IMPROVING STUDENTS^ COGNITIVE ABILITY IN CIVIL BUILDING DRAWING COURSES USING JOBSHEET MEDIA Agus wiyono
Universitas Negeri Surabaya
Abstract
Drawing building construction still poses difficulties for vocational students of the Building Engineering Department. Therefore we need innovative and creative learning media that can be easily understood by students. In other words, the media must be able to increase the construction literacy of student, so that students can easily understand the information and instructions delivered by the learning media. This study aims to illustrate the use of jobsheet learning media in Building Construction Drawing subjects in improving the literacy construction of vocational students of the Building Engineering Department. Through a qualitatively literature review approach, this study concludes that the use of jobsheet media can improve the construction literacy ability of students of Department of Building Engineering. This construction literacy ability will subsequently have an impact on students^ ability to complete the tasks delivered in the Building Construction Drawing subject. Jobsheets that can improve competence koqnitive are jobsheets that meet the validity aspects of the jobsheet, namely material, language, appearance, use, consistency, format, graphics, benefits, feasibility. In addition, the jobsheet must also be practical, which is indicated by the fulfillment of aspects including clarity of content, clarity of material coverage, clarity of information, effective and efficient use of language (clear and concise), meaningfulness, appearance, presence of reader appeal, use of fonts writing, lay out jobsheet, clarity of the layout of the structure characteristics of the jobsheet.