Jurnal Inovasi Teknologi dan Rekayasa ISSN: 2581-1274
Vol. 5, No 2, July-December 2020, pp. 85-91 85
DOI: 10.31572/inotera.Vol5.Iss2.2020.ID106 W : http://inotera.poltas.ac.id | E : inotera@poltas.ac.id
Application of Kumon Learning Model to Improve Student
Learning Outcomes in Economic Math Subject
Nur Fajri
a,1,*
, Asmaidi
b,2
a
STIMI Meulaboh, Meulaboh-Tapaktuan Street, Langung, 23681, Indonesia
b
Polytechnic of South Aceh, Merdeka Street, Komplek Reklamasi Pantai, Tapaktuan city, 23751, Indonesia
1
nurfajri.ifar@gmail.com;
2
asmedmat@gmail.com
I. Introduction
Education is a need that must be fulfilled throughout life without education is impossible
for humans to live and develop. Education is never separated from the words learning and teaching.
Learning is a process of change in human personality, and the change is manifested in the form of
increasing the quality and quantity of behavior such as increasing skills, knowledge, attitudes,
habits, comprehension, skills, thinking power, and other abilities, while teaching instilling
knowledge in students in the hope of understanding.
Mathematics is a science that deals with abstract concepts arranged in hierarchical and
deductive reasoning that requires gradual and sequential understanding. This makes students think
that mathematics is a tricky subject. Many complaints from students about mathematics are
awkward, unattractive, dull, and feared by many children. Complex calculations and complicated
formulas make many children dislike math.
Economic Mathematics is one part of mathematics that must be taken by students
programmed in economic management studies at Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Manajemen Indonesia
(STIMI) Meulaboh. Efforts to overcome the difficulties of learning mathematics and improve the
quality of education include implementing a learning model or method that can improve student
learning activities.
The method is a way or sequence to achieve the goals. The teacher needs teaching and
learning activities methods, and their use varies according to the objectives to be achieved after
teaching ends. A teacher will not be able to carry out their duties if he does not master any of the
teaching methods that have been formulated and put forward by psychologists and education
experts [1].
ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT
Article history:
Accepted
This research aims to study the effectiveness of Kumon learning
model against the increase of student grade at Economic Math
subject at STIMI Meulaboh. A quasi-experiment method with a
pretest-posttest is used. The population used by the model is students
of Management Economics at STIMI Meulaboh that follow
Economic Math subject at the odd semester of the 2018/2019 school
year. The students in Room 1 consist of 30 students who are chosen
as the sample. The test instrument is used to collect the data for
research. The research implementation procedure provides a pretest
at the beginning of the meeting and compares the result with the
posttest after Kumon learning model is applied to all samples. The
result of pretest and posttest are used as research data. The research
result points out that Kumon Learning Model helps students to
increase their grades at Economic Math subject at STIMI Meulaboh.
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Keywords:
Kumon Learning
Economic Math
Learning Result