ENHANCING LEARNING RESULTS IN MEMORIZING SHORT LETTERS USING KQM (KAUNY QUANTUM MEMORY) METHOD FOR STUDENTS OF CLASS V/a MIN 23 ACEH BESAR

Abstract

The Qur'an Hadith lesson for students of Madrasah Ibtidaiyah aims to complete the competence to recite, write, memorize and recognize the word meaning from short letters and selected hadiths. The students of MIN 23 Aceh Besar were less enthusiastic about learning the Qur'an and hadith and had difficulty memorizing short suras and their translations. This resulted in low indicator of achievement of student competence. To overcome this problem, the teacher applies the KQM (Kauny Quantum Memory) method in learning activities in memorizing short letters. This research was conducted with a qualitative approach, with the students of class V/a MIN 23 Aceh Besar as the data source. Data was collected through interviews and tests. The research time was during the odd semester of the 2019/2020 school year. The results of the study was the ability to memorize short letters of class V/a MIN 23 Aceh Besar students increased after the teacher applied the KQM method. The initial testscore of 63.03 lifted to 83.13. The enthusiasm of students to memorize short letters kept increasing. The time it took to memorize was getting faster. The KQM method makes the class atmosphere lively and fun. The steps for memorizing short letters using the KQM method were as follows; (1) The teacher motivated students with encouraging sentences, (2) the students listened to the recited short letters and pay attention to the movements made by the teacher, (3) the students imitate and follow the memorization under the guidance of the teacher, (4) the students repeated until fluent. Compared to other memorization method such as steps of reading, repeating words and memorizing, the KQM method was more appropriate to be applied in memorizing short verses. Keywords: Kauny Quantum Memory, memorization, short letters.