<![CDATA[The Ministry of Religious Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia introduced the Love-Based Curriculum (Kurikulum Berbasis Cinta/KBC) through Ministerial Decree Number 1503 of 2025, positioning compassion, empathy, and social care as the foundation of learning. This study aims to examine the effectiveness of KBC-based learning methods on the caring character and learning motivation of Islamic elementary school (Madrasah Ibtidaiyah) students. A quantitative approach with a quasi-experimental non-equivalent control group design was employed, involving 62 fifth-grade students divided into an experimental group (n=31) taught through thematic learning infused with the Five Love Values and a control group (n=31) taught conventionally. Data were collected using validated and reliable caring-character and learning-motivation scales, then analyzed using an independent-sample t-test in SPSS. Results show a significant difference between the posttest scores of the experimental and control groups on caring character (t = 5.84; p < 0.05) and learning motivation (t = 4.97; p < 0.05), with the experimental group scoring higher on average. These findings indicate that learning methods integrating love-based values, teacher role modeling, and affective habituation consistently improve students' caring character and learning motivation. The study recommends strengthening teacher training and developing KBC-based teaching modules to optimize implementation at the elementary madrasah level.]]>
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