Profile of Learning Independence in Achieving Creative Thinking Ability of Vocational School Students

This research focuses on the profile of learning independence in achieving the mathematical creative thinking skills of vocational school students. This research was conducted in class X SMK with subjects consisting of 5 students. Data collection techniques using questionnaires, tests, and interviews. Data analysis was carried out through data reduction, data presentation, data interpretation, and conclusion drawing. In this study, data reduction was carried out by grouping students into high, medium, and low levels of learning independence through a learning independence questionnaire. Furthermore, the data is presented with a description of the characteristics of the creativity level of students who have high learning independence in solving math problems. Then draw conclusions. Researchers used triangulation methods to compare data. The results of this study are that students have a high level of learning independence and students have difficulty working on tasks of mathematical creative thinking skills so that it takes a long time to do. Students are required to have activeness, own initiative, be resilient and persistence in learning. Students can involve various resources and activities such as reading alone, group study, and question exercises in order to improve their mathematical creative thinking skills

Interconnection between Subject and Meta-Subject Results in the "Profile of Learning Outcomes" of First-Graders

The article considers the problem evaluation of meta-subject educational results in the light of the introduction of new educational standards for primary general education. One of the adequate tools for assessing meta-subject results, which are trained, is subject diagnostics. The subject of such a diagnosis can be both the level of various universal actions, and the nature of mastering the subject methods of action. The article contains examples of tasks used in the international tournament first-formers, conducted by the FSBEI HE in the "NCSPU". The peculiarities of the tasks of the proposed subject diagnostics are: a) the optimal ratio of diagnosed meta-subject and subject results; b) designing tasks in such a way that terms and sign-model means are understood in the same way in different learning systems. The analysis of the fulfillment of tasks by first-graders made it possible to construct a profile of the results of first-graders and conclude that the achievement of the objective result is a condition for achieving the meta-subject.

Impact of Minnesota's "Profile of Learning"

In 1990, the Minnesota State Board of Education declared its intention to develop a "results-oriented graduation requirement" based on student achievement as opposed to the usual credit/course completion requirement. In addition to a traditional test of basic skills, the state began developing the Profile of Learning, a set of performance-based standards grounded in a constructivist educational philosophy, an approach that differs from the content-based standards found in many states. The Profile was controversial from its inception. Conservatives characterized the Profile as too process- oriented and as lacking subject-matter content; teachers reported that the Profile required a significant amount of additional teacher preparation time; and parents, who were not adequately informed about the Profile, questioned the purpose of the Profile. Teachers were frustrated with the confusing and sometimes contradictory directions they received from the Minnesota Department of Children, Families, and Learning charged with implementing the Profile. In 2000-2001, we surveyed and interviewed selected secondary English and social studies teachers in the state about their perceptions of the Profile’s impact on teaching and learning. Among the positive perceptions was an increase in students’ higher order thinking, students’ understanding of criteria for quality work, and teachers conversations with one another about instructional issues. Increased teacher preparation time and decreased enjoyment of teaching were among the negative perceptions. Teachers also experienced difficulty adopting performance assessment techniques. When teachers believed they received effective preparation and adequate resources for working with the Profile, they were much more likely to report beneficial effects in terms of teaching and learning. The majority of teachers, however, rated their preparation and resources as "fair" or "poor." Results are discussed in terms of school and instructional change.