The role of culture-based learning on primary school students’ interest and understanding of Material Form concepts

Abstract

This research was conducted to emphasize the significance of positive learning interest and deep understanding of concepts among students. Culture-based learning serves as an alternative pedagogical approach aimed at enhancing students’ interest and comprehension of concepts. Quantitative descriptive methodology was employed, utilizing a pre-experimental one-group pretest-posttest design. The research sample comprised fifth-grade students from a public elementary school in Indonesia. The research instruments included observation guidelines, questionnaires, and test questions. The findings revealed that the implementation of culture-based learning yielded an average score of 94%, indicating a very good outcome. Students’ interest in learning significantly improved following culture-based instruction, with an average score of 85.92%. Moreover, students’ understanding of concepts showed notable enhancement post-treatment, with average scores rising from 59% in the pretest to 81% in the posttest.