A Bibliometric Study of the Project-Based Learning-STEAM Model on Students' Critical Thinking and Scientific Literacy

Abstract

This study analyses the application of the Project-Based Learning-STEAM (PjBL-STEAM) learning model to improve students' critical thinking skills and scientific literacy, especially in Indonesia, so the latest trends and research opportunities on these topics can be obtained. This study uses a quantitative bibliometric approach. The number of publications analyzed was 142 publication documents in 2015-2020, metadata obtained from the Scopus database and analyzed using VOSviewer software. The results of metadata extraction show that there are 5 clusters with keywords that appear the most are students, engineering education, and STEM education. In addition, only 0.5% of authors have more than two publications, so further research from previous publications on this topic is still minimal. Based on the ranking results, the United States ranks 1st, Indonesia ranks 2nd, and Australia ranks 3rd. When compared to other countries, Indonesia is excellent in research development and collaboration on this topic. It can be concluded that research and publications related to this topic have relatively little progress in the last five years.Keywords: Bibliometric, PjBL-STEAM, Critical Thinking, Science Literacy, Indonesia.