This study was motivated by students' low level of understanding in Pancasila Education lessons. Interview results revealed that students still struggled to comprehend Pancasila values; while most them could memorize the principles of Pancasila. However, they did not fully grasp the underlying meanings and faced difficulties connecting these values to their daily lives. This study aims to determine the effect of the Project-Based Learning model on the understanding of Pancasila values among fourth-grade students at SDN 20 Merawang. The study employed an experimental method using a pre-experimental design specifically, a one-group pretest-posttest design. The sample consisted of 18 fourth-grade students from SD Negeri 20 Merawang, selected using a saturated sampling technique. Data collection was conducted via a test comprising 10 essay questions. Data analysis involved a normality test using the Shapiro-Wilk method and hypothesis testing using a Paired Sample t-Test, facilitated by IBM SPSS version 26. The results showed an average pretest score of 47.91 and an average posttest score of 82.36. The normality test indicated that the data were normally distributed, with significance values of 0.116 (> 0.05) for the pretest and 0.364 (> 0.05) for the posttest. Furthermore, the hypothesis test (Paired Sample t-Test) yielded a Sig. (2-tailed) value of 0.000 (< 0.05), leading to the rejection of Ho and the acceptance of Ha. Thus, it can be concluded that the Project-Based Learning model has an effect on the understanding of Pancasila values among fourth-grade students at SD Negeri 20 Merawang.
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