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The Impact of Gadget Use on the Social Development of Elementary School Students

Rasmi Yanti — 2025-03-05

This study aims to determine the positive and negative impacts of using handphone both at school and at home, on the social development of fifth grade students of Al Fattah Islamic Elementary School. The method used in this study is a qualitative descriptive research type that focuses on case studies. The subjects studied were fifth grade students of Al Fattah Islamic Elementary School. Data collection was conducted through observation, questionnaires, and interviews condensation with 10 fifth grade students selected using purposive sampling techniques. The data analysis technique used was the Miles, Huberman, & Saldana, namely data, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. The results of the study show that the impact of mobile phone use on students includes positive and negative impacts, where the negative impacts are greater than the positive impacts. The negative impacts of handphone use are that it makes students dependent, reduces students' social interaction with peers and the surrounding environment, students are less active in discussions or group work, students often say and behave impolitely, and students become indifferent to the surrounding environment and tend to be more interested in virtual interactions than direct interactions so that they become passive individuals and develop towards anti-social individuals. While the positive impacts of handphone use are that students find it easier to communicate with friends and find information or learning materials that are not yet known.

The Influence of Problem-Based Learning Model on the Improvement of Students' Critical Thinking Skills in IPAS Learning

Indah Wulandari — 2025-04-18

Education plays an important role in shaping individuals to be critical, creative, and independent. However, the learning process in elementary schools is still dominated by conventional lecture methods that do not actively involve students, which affects their low critical thinking skills. This study aims to examine the effectiveness of the Problem-Based Learning (PBL) model in improving the critical thinking skills of fourth-grade students at SD Negeri 2 Kuanyar, Jepara. The method used is a quantitative approach with a one-group pretest-posttest design, involving 19 students as the research sample. The research instruments were tested for validity and reliability using SPSS version 25. The analysis results show a significant increase between the pretest and posttest scores (t-count = 7.833 > t-table = 2.110; sig. = 0.000 < 0.05), which proves that the PBL model is effective in enhancing students' critical thinking skills. The implementation of PBL also encourages active participation, group discussions, as well as the ability to solve problems independently and collaboratively. Therefore, the PBL model is a feasible alternative learning strategy to improve the quality of education, particularly in developing critical thinking skills at the elementary school level.

Effect of Culturally Relevant Teaching on Scientific Knowledge among Class VI Students

Ramesh M — 2025-04-23

India is rich in culture, tradition arts, and ethos. For hundreds of years ago, culturally, economically, linguistically, religiously and ethnically different people living in India and the Indian classroom filled with cultural diversified students commonly called multicultural classroom. It was stated by National Policy on Education (1986), and POA (1992) that need for culture based revision of curriculum. The latest document NEP (2020) recommended that the indigenous knowledge and different cultures needs to be incorporated in the curriculum and textbook; it also suggested that preservation and promotion of Indian culture and ethos must be the high priority. It is very essential to consider students cultural background, language, ethnicity during teaching process. Keeping in view of the importance of culture and its role in learning science, a research study was conducted focused on developing scientific knowledge and skills through Culturally Relevant teaching (CRT). The sample for the present study was 45 students of class VI in Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh selected purposively. The sample comprises of tribal and non-tribal students. The data was collected with the help of questionnaire and opinionnaire. The collected data was analyzed by t test and frequency percentage. The study findings revealed that the implemented Culturally Relevant Teaching was effective and the students enjoyed learning, also they felt that their culture and language was acknowledged and respected.

The Influence of Problem Based Learning with Interactive Media on Critical Thinking Skills

Friska Amiliya — 2025-04-24

This study focuses on the effect of the Interactive Media-Assisted Problem-Based Learning model on critical thinking skills in Grade 5 Indonesian subjects. The purpose of this study is to determine the influence of the Interactive Media-Assisted Problem Based Learning model on critical thinking skills in Grade 5 Indonesian subjects. This study uses a quantitative method, Pre-Experimental Design with the type of One Group Pretest-Posttest Design. The population and sample used were 22 students in grade 5 of SDI Sultan Agung 1.3 using saturated sampling techniques. Data analysis techniques include prerequisite tests (validity, reliability, differentiation, and difficulty tests) and condition tests (normality tests and paired sample t tests). The results of the study with SPSS showed that the data was normally distributed and from the paired test the t test produced the same calculation between the test and the questionnaire, namely the value of Sig 2-tailed = 0.000 < α = 0.05, then H0 was rejected and H1 was accepted, which means that there is a difference in the Problem Based Learning model.Assisted by interactive media for critical thinking skills in grade 5 Indonesian subjects. This research is only limited to Indonesian subjects in grade 5 of elementary school. Therefore, further research can be conducted to look at the effectiveness of interactive media-assisted PBL models in other subjects to provide a broader picture of the application of PBL in the context of primary education in general.

Problem Based Learning (PBL) Model for Science Material on Prevention of Dengue Fever for Elementary School

Laila Fajrin Rauf — 2025-04-25

Dengue fever is very common in Indonesia. In June 2024, there will be 119.709 cases with a deadth rate of 777 cases. Most of the spread occurs in schools, so learning about dengue fever is very important. This research aims to provide the concept of a problem based learning model to explain dengue fever lessons to students. The type of research used is descriptive qualitative. The results of this research are (1) Many students do not have comprehensive knowledge about dengue fever (2) The learning process about dengue fever is still carried out conventionally, namely by reading textbooks at school so that students do not have direct experience in preventing the spread of dengue fever mosquitoes (3) The problem based learning model provides a solution for explaning dengue fever in schools. This model invites students to solve problems and trains students to think critically. In problem based learning there are five syntaxes carried out by the teacher. Of the five syntaxes, there are three main steps, namely learning preconditions, core learning agenda and post-learning. Students are invited to actively search for information, observe, process data until they are able to provide conclusions about the dengue fever problem they are facing.