The Effectiveness of the NHT Model in Improving Social Skills and Social Studies Learning Outcomes in Primary Schools

Abstract

Abstract This study aims to determine the effectiveness of the application of the NHT model to improve social skills and social studies learning outcomes of grade IV at SDN Kembangan Utara 01. The design of this study uses Quasi Experimental (Nonequivalent Control Group). The research instrument used social skills observation and learning achievement tests. Data were analyzed using quantitative analysis. The results obtained by an average value of 83.86% observation of social skills with a good category. The NHT model of social skills is declared effective because it gets an average percentage score ≥ 76%. Improved learning outcomes based on the acquisition of a normalized gain value with 0.83 high criteria. The NHT model of learning outcomes in the category is quite effective with an average N-Gain value of 74.6%. The conclusion of this study is that the NHT model has proven to be effective in improving social skills and social studies learning outcomes.