Pengaruh Media Piramida terhadap Pemahaman Konsep Keberagaman Budaya Indonesia pada Siswa Kelas IV Sekolah Dasar

Abstract

This studi aims to determine the influence of pyramid media on the understanding of the concept of Indonesian cultural diversity in grade IV student of SD Negeri Pujo Rahayu. The method uses is that the experiment is categorized as a pseudo-experiment (quasi-experiment) with a nonequivalent control group design. The entire population of class IV student amounted to 28 student and the research sample consisted of two class, IV A which amounted to 14 students as the control class, class IV B which amounted to 14 students as the experimental class. The research instrument uses an essay test containing 15 questions. Data analysis techniques include normality test, homogeneity test, hypothesis test using independent sample t-test, and N-gain tests. The result of the analysis of the independent sample t-test obtained a significance value (two-tailed) of < 0.001 < 0.05, which means that there is a significant influence of the use of pyramid media on the understanding of the concept of Indonesian cultural diversity in students. The result of the analysis of te N-gain test showed an increase in obtaining a mean value of 80%, which is included in the effective category. Pyramid media has proven to be effective in increasing the understanding of the concept of Indonesian cultural diversity in elementary school students.