<![CDATA[Purpose – This study investigates the impact of a field trip learning method supported by 360° educational videos on the descriptive essay-writing skills of students. The primary aim is to resolve students' limitations in idea development, detailed visual observation, and coherent essay organization by integrating physical exploration with immersive visual reconstruction.Methods – A quantitative pre-experimental approach using a one-group pretest-posttest design was conducted with 22 fifth-grade students at SD Negeri 20 Mendo Barat, selected via saturation sampling. Data were collected through descriptive writing tests evaluated using a 5 aspect analytic rubric. Statistical analysis was executed using the Shapiro-Wilk normality test and the Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test via SPSS version 26.Findings – The mean score increased significantly from 66.36 on the pretest to 83.86 on the posttest. Because the posttest data were not normally distributed (p = 0,007), the non-parametric Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test was utilized, yielding p < 0,001 and Z-value of -4.041. The largest improvement occurred in the essay structure aspect (mean gain of 0.95), confirming that the intervention significantly enhanced students' descriptive writing competencies.Research Implications – The main limitation of this research is the pre-experimental design lacking a control group or isolated treatment groups, which prevents attributing the observed gains exclusively to a synergistic effect rather than individual media components. Future research should employ quasi-experimental or factorial designs with multiple control groups to isolate media contributions and strengthen generalizability. ]]>
