The Mastery of grade 4 of Elementary School Students Concepts on Energy through the Implementation of the RADEC Learning Model Fitri Nurzakiah Fuadi, Wahyu Sopandi, Atep Sujana
Elementary Education Study Program, Graduate School of Indonesian University of Education, Jl. Dr. Setiabudi No. 229, Bandung 40154, Indonesia
Abstract
This study aimed to determine the profile of the students mastery of the concepts on energy before and after the implementation of the Read-Answer-Discuss-Explain-and Create (RADEC) learning model. The method used was a pre-experimental design of one group pretest-posttest. There were 20 research participants consisting of 13 students from an elementary school in Ciamis, 5 students from an elementary school in Bandung, and 2 students from an elementary school in Tasikmalaya. The learning process was carried out virtually through Google classroom. The test instrument used was a four-tier test made of a Google Form. Further, the data processing was done quantitatively. The results showed that the concept of the students before learning RADEC was at the level of misconception amounted to 36.7% and the students who had not reached scientific concepts amounted to 46.6%. Moreover, 83.3% of the students reached scientific concepts after the RADEC learning model was implemented.
Keywords: Mastery of the concepts, RADEC Learning Model, and Energy
