Introducing CL/PBL on Calculus Courses at Computer Science Faculty UI

Abstract

Since the last three years University of Indonesia has introduced a new paradigm to improve higher order thinking skills, communication skills, and academic writing skills by adopting learner-centered learning, CL and PBL, and using ICT. This paper presents some findings from applying CL/PBL for carefully selected topics in Calculus. At the beginning, some students resist CL because lack of understanding the philosophies of CL, they feel more confident hearing from lecturing instead of constructing their own knowledge. Some encouraging results are improve instructor and student interactions, students found calculus more challenging and interesting to learn, they learned deeper, and they understand more about the relevance of calculus for their subsequent work in computer science.