The Influence of Guided Inquiry-Based Outdoor Learning on the Concept Mastery of Thematic Learning by Fourth-Grade Students at Primary School

Abstract

This research aims to know the effect of Guided Inquiry-Based Outdoor Learning on the concept mastery of thematic learning by fourth-grade students at Primary School. This research type is a quasi-experimental research. This research was conducted by categorizing experimental groups through Guided Inquiry-Based Outdoor Learning model and control groups through conventional learning model. In this research, the population was all the fourth-grade students (40 students) at Public Primary School Bratan I No. 72 Surakarta in academic year of 2017/2018. The sample determination was done through cluster random sampling. The techniques of data collection were tests and observations. The techniques of data analysis were descriptive statistics and t-test. The calculation result shows that t result is 4.144 with the significance level at less than 0.05 i.e., 0.000. Thus, it can be concluded that the learning with Guided Inquiry-Based Outdoor Learning model influences the concept mastery of thematic learning by fourth-grade students.