The Effect of Means Ends Analysis Model on Reasoning Skills of Planes

Abstract

This research aimed to determine the effect of the Means Ends Analysis (MEA) learning model on the reasoning skills of planes in the fourth-grade students of the public elementary schools of Nakula cluster of UPTD DIKPORA, Serengan District, Surakarta City in the 2018/2019 academic year. The approach used in this research is a quantitative descriptive approach. The research design is a one-group pretest-posttest, with a population of fourth-grade students in the public elementary schools of Nakula cluster and the sample obtained is SDN Serengan II No. 256 Surakarta. The reasoning-skill test was used to collect the data, which were then analyzed using N-Gain. The research findings stated that there was an increase in reasoning skills. The percentage of indicators of proving and concluding is 89% (high), testing validity 79% (high), guessing 57% (moderate), determining patterns 66% (moderate), and mathematical manipulation 38%. These findings indicate that the Means Ends Analysis (MEA) learning model can improve reasoning skills.