Problem Based Learning as an Alternative Method to Instill Cooperation: a Research Study

Implementation of learning process ideally does not only cover the cognitive but affective aspects also need to be considered. The attitude or character of the student needs to be applied in learning process. Among the characters that need to be applied is the cooperation character. Problem Based Leaning (PBL) is one of cooperative learning model that can develop the cognitive and affective aspects of students in learning. This study discussed that the PBL can improve students' cognitive competence while applying the cooperation character to the students. This study explains the benefits of PBL in learning, the opportunities to be applied in learning and the maturation that teachers face in applying PBL to build cognitive as well as student co-operation Keywords— learning, PBL, cooperation .