PENINGKATAN HASIL BELAJAR IPS DENGAN MENGGUNAKAN METODE PEMBELAJARAN TALKING STICK UNTUK SEKOLAH DASAR

Social science is closely related to the human life and social Science helps the students to develop his/her logic beside value and morality. However social science tend to be recital and the information and the knowledge the student obtains are verbal products. The social science characteristics make the instructional process is dominated by expository approach and the teacher mostly uses oral method. This research aimed at improving the student’s learning achievement at Government Elementary School 9, Grade V, in Rawamangun, East Jakarta, by applying talking stick method. The research conducted as from July through September 2014, employed classroom action research with Kemmis and Taggard’s model. The finding indicated talking stick method is effective to improve the student’s learning achievement