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Problem based learning (PBL) is an important practice that provides suitable learning environments for learners, in which they acquire complex problem solving skills (PSS) by working with real-life problem situations. People competite with others, global market issues create global problems. Problems push people to think creative, efficience and effective. People need to be able to solve problem immediately so he can win the competite. Programming is one of favourite lessons, because programming skills are needed in this digital era. Programming learning can cover the classification of learning outcomes. a) The cognitive domain, understanding and knowledge analysis of student. b) Affective domain, assessment and organizing knowledge of each student. c) Psychomotor domain, student skills. Student needs many skills in this digital era, especially problem solving. Students are given the opportunities to solve problem in a collaborative setting, create mental models for learning, and form self-directed learning habits through practice and reflection. Many ways of learning are directed to problem based learning, such as using a practice experiment modul.  A module is a learning material that is systematically designed based on a particular curriculum and is packaged in the form of the smallest learning unit and allows it to be studied independently in a certain time unit, and is a way of organizing learning materials that pay attention to the function of education. Module has several purposes as follows. a) Clarify and facilitate the presentation of messages so as not to be too verbal. b) Overcoming the limitations of time, space, and sensory power, both learners and teachers / instructors. c) Can be used appropriately and varied, such as to improve motivation and passion for learning; develop the ability to interact directly with the environment and other learning resources that enable students or learners to learn independently according to their abilities and interests. d) Allows students or learners to measure or evaluate their own learning outcomes. First chapter of Modul contains three experiments’ steps that followed by students to understand the lesson. Next chapter contains complex problems based on experiments in first chapter. This problems are needed to be solved by students. This study aims to determine the learning results differences between a class uses PBL method and others do not. The method used in this study using experiment quantitative approach. Data collection was obtained by giving tests (pre test and post test) to control and experiment class students to find out the learning results differences. Data processed with statistical calculations and the average correlation performed using SPSS 17.0.  The collected data will be analyzed by hypothesis test of Independent Sample T-Test. This subjects are 35 students of class X-AV-1 as experiment class, and 35 students of class X-AV-2 as control class. The result of the study shows the differences of learning results between X-AV-2 students and X-AV-1 students in the programming lesson at SMK Negeri 2 Surabaya. The results from hypothesis test is obtained that the value of t = 16.157. The significance is less than 0.05. It means hypothesis test rejects H₀.