1 STUDI ATAS PELAKSANAAN METODE PBL DAN HUBUNGANNYA DENGAN SOFT SKILL DAN PRESTASI BELAJAR MAHASISWA Fitriany Amarullah Dahlia Sari Departemen Akuntansi Fakutas Ekonomi Universitas Indonesia Abstract The purpose of this research is to conduct survey on the student’s assessment about trigger problem, facilitator and learning climate in PBL implementation. This research investigates the relationship between student’s performance and skill enhancement with trigger problem, facilitator and learning climate. This research compares the student’s performance in PBL class and the lecturing class. This research also compares the soft skill enhancement when the students use PBL method and when they use lecturing method. The result of this research shows that trigger and learning climate have positive (and significant) relationship with soft skill enhancement, and only trigger that has positive relationship with student’s performance. There is no significant difference on student’s performance between PBL class and lecturing class. For skill enhancement, only communication skill and working in team skill that have significant difference between PBL class and lecturing class. Keywords: PBL, lecturing, trigger, facilitator,learning climate A. PENDAHULUAN Latar Belakang Metode pengajaran yang paling tradisional dan telah lama digunakan dalam sejarah pendidikan adalah metode ceramah (lecturing), yaitu suatu cara mengajar yang digunakan untuk menyampaikan informasi atau uraian tentang suatu pokok permasalah secara lisan. Dalam metode ini, keterampilan pengajar dalam menyampaikan informasi dapat menentukan Bidang Kajian: Pendidikan Akuntansi