The Effectiveness of the Word Square Learning Model on the Social Studies Learning Results of Elementary School Students

Abstract

This study aims to find out the effectiveness of the word square learning model of social studies’ learning outcomes for students in elementary schools. The study used meta-analysis. The sample of this study consists of six articles which published in 2013 until 2019 at the elementary school, especially the experimental research using the word square learning model of the learning outcomes of social studies of the students. Quantitative descriptive used in this studyto calculate the effect size of those six articles by identifying the mean, variance and standard deviation of t-test calculations. Theresults of the overall analysis showed that the mean of the effect size was 1.33. It revealed that, the categorization has large effect. After analyzing six articles with effect size, the effectiveness of the word square learning model that has the largest effect size is a study conducted by Kd. Tia Lestari, Ni Kt. Suarni and I Wyn. Suwatra (2013). Based on the results of the analysis of the effect size it can be concluded that the word square learning model has a great influence in improving social studies learning outcomes in elementary school.