Indonesian Journal of Education and Mathematical Science
Vol 6, No 3 (2025)

Integrating Educational Games in Problem-Based Learning to Enhance Conceptual Understanding in Mathematics: A Study of Grade VII Students at MTsN 1 Pekanbaru

Devi, Sahra (Unknown)
Widiati, Indah (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
02 Sep 2025

Abstract

This research aims to describe the application of educational games with the Problem Based Learning (PBL) model in the learning process which is aimed at improving students' understanding of mathematical concepts in class VII MTsN 1 Pekanbaru. The basic thinking in this research starts from of mathematical concepts is limited as shown through daily test results data in class VII.5, where only 48.65% of students achieved Essential Graduation Criteria during the learning activities of  87. Research is a The implementation of Classroom Action Research (CAR) took place over two cycles, each of which involved four main steps: preparation, action, observation, and reflection.The research instruments included teacher and student observation sheets and a mathematical concept understanding test. The PBL model was combined with educational game media in the form of traditional games such as snakes and ladders and setatak. A clear improvement is seen inincrease in students' mathematical concept understanding. In cycle I, the percentage of student understanding was in the "good" category with the average achievement obtained reached 79.05%, as for the implementation of the second cycle it increased to 89.05% and entered the "very good" category. Thus, the implementation of educational games based on the PBL model is effective in improving students' mathematical concept understanding.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

IJEMS

Publisher

Subject

Computer Science & IT Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Library & Information Science Mathematics

Description

Indonesian Journal of Education and Mathematic Sains I(JEMS) is a Journal that contains Information on Education and Science. This journal is managed by Muhammadiyah University of North Sumatra (UMSU). This journal is an online journal using OJS system (Open Journal System) which has e-issn from ...