Research Paper
Year: 2021 | Month: January | Volume: 8 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 65-71
The Traditional Games-Based Thematic Teaching Materials in Improving Students’ Social Competence
Muh Ahadi1, Phil Ihwan Azhari2, Anita Yus3
1Student of Master’s Degree of Primary Education, Universitas Negeri Medan
2,3Lecturers of Master’s Degree of Primary Education, Universitas Negeri Medan
Jl.Willem Iskandar Psr. V Medan Estate, Medan, Indonesia, 20221
Corresponding Author: Muh Ahadi
ABSTRACT
The aims of this study were to produce the traditional games-based teaching materials that were suitable for use in thematic learning and to determine its effectiveness in improving students’ social competence for the fourth grade students. The study applied the ADDIE developmental model. The results showed that: (1) a validation of design expert was 88% (excellent), a material expert regarding the language feasibility was 95.53% (excellent), a social studies expert was 84% (excellent), a science expert was 85.8 (excellent), (2) the students’ responses on the traditional games-based teaching materials in the individual trial of 3 students were 81.66% (excellent), small group trial of 9 students were 87.77% (excellent), field trial of 17 students were 86.21% (excellent), and (3) there was an improvement of students’ social competence after conducting the learning activity with the traditional games-based teaching materials. This has proven that traditional games-based teaching materials were very suitable for the use in thematic learning of the fourth grade students.
Keywords: Thematic Teaching Materials, Traditional Games, Social Competence.
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