THE IMPACT OF UTILISING ACTIVE LEARNING METHODS TOWARDS ECM366 COURSE OUTCOME

Active learning can be defined as a form of learning in which educator strives to involve students in the learning process more directly than in conventional methods. One of the active learning methods is jigsaw classroom. Where this methods required the students to work in smaller interdependent groups; each students is given a part of a topic to be studied, and when finished, the students fit their pieces of the subject area together to form a complete "jigsaw" picture. This study was carried out to identify the effectiveness of implementations of the jigsaw classroom techniques in the theoretical subjects and to compare the student achievement in terms of course outcome by applying jigsaw classroom technique. Depth knowledge of theoretical construction management subject such as types of contract in Malaysia construction industry is important for examination reasoning, problem solving and improvement in technical skills. However, the general trend of students and faculty towards this subject is; it is dry, volatile and difficult to learn. The reasons could be due to vastness of the subject, effectiveness of student learning, period of study more than one hour/period, physical environment within the classrooms (one-way teaching by instructor) and so on. These causes lead to shortage of student concentration boring in the classes.  Therefore by  using  jigsaw classroom as a cooperative learning  technique  can  develop  the  teachings-learning  to  be  higher  efficiency  of  the  students and also improve student’s academic performance.