ENHANCEMENT OF STUDENTS’ CONCEPT COMPREHENSION THROUGH TEAM GAME TOURNAMENT-BASED COOPERATIVE LEARNING MODEL

Team Games Tournament as one of types in Cooperative learning model is assumed to be able to engage students learning science concepts both individually and in groups actively. The research aims to determine the effectiveness of the Team Game Tournament-based (TGT) cooperative learning model assisted by the Jenga game to improve the students’ understanding of the concept of science lessons on force material. The research used quantitative research of the pre-experimental type with a one group pretest and posttest design which was carried out in four meetings with the research flow starting from giving a pretest followed by giving treatment using the TGT model assisted by the Jenga game then students were given a posttest. The sample of this study was 21 students of SDN 1 Terkesi. Furthermore, the data collected in this study were in the form of observations, interviews, documentation. In addition, the test results were analyzed quantitatively with stages using normality tests, tests and using the N-Gain test. The results obtained from this study are a significant increase in the understanding of science concepts after being given treatment using the TGT model assisted by the Jenga game, the results of the N-Gain test that has been carried out obtained the results that the average value is 76.70% with a very effective category when used in science lessons on force material. According to the findings, it can be concluded that the implementation of the TGT model assisted by the Jenga game can improve the students’ understanding of science concepts.