<![CDATA[Culturally grounded instruction may strengthen civic character and social literacy by connecting learning with students’ cultural experiences. However, limited evidence has examined Deli Malay local wisdom integrated with the Seven Habits of Great Indonesian Children Movement (G7KAIH) compared with an active value-based approach. This study examined differences in civic character and social literacy between Ethnopedagogy-G7KAIH and Value Clarification Technique (VCT) conditions. A quantitative pretest-posttest control-group design with intact-class random assignment was conducted in two elementary schools in Medan, Indonesia. The sample included 73 fifth-grade students: 38 in the Ethnopedagogy-G7KAIH group and 35 in the VCT group. Data were collected using a civic character questionnaire and social literacy test and analyzed using MANCOVA with pretest scores as covariates. A significant multivariate difference was observed, Pillai’s Trace = .301, F(2, 68) = 14.658, p < .001, partial η² = .301. Adjusted mean differences favored Ethnopedagogy-G7KAIH by 15.94 points for civic character and 12.78 points for social literacy. Because students were nested within only two intact classes, the findings represent sample-specific differences between instructional conditions rather than definitive causal effects. Replication with multiple classes and schools is needed to establish broader effectiveness.]]>
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