Collaboration and communication skills of pre-service mathematics teacher in designing project assignments

Abstract

Collaboration and communication skills are an important skill in the 21st century. The study aims to acquire a description of collaboration and communication skills designing project assignments created by pre-service mathematics teachers. This study used a qualitative approach to observe the phenomenon of participants in making a project task. The participants were 43 pre-service mathematics teachers who took a course on teaching-learning strategies. Collaboration and communication skills are demonstrated by students when the process of planning products, making products, presenting, and evaluating products. The results obtained in this study are students can figure out their level of understanding of the results of the presentation he has done. This can help students to plan to make the next teaching material appropriately. Project assignments in groups can promote collaborative learning. This is very helpful to students who are weak to build confidence. These results suggest that project assignments not only test students’ understanding of a particular topic but also develop student collaboration and communication skills.