Problem-Based Learning for Improving Student’ Activities and Learning Outcomes in Social Science

The purpose of this study is to describe the improvement of students activities and learning outcomes of fourth-grade students at Putat Gede State Elementary School, Surabaya. The design and methods in this research are classroom action research. The subjects of this study were 24 fourth-grade students from Putat Gede State Elementary School in Surabaya during the 2018/2019 academic year. Observation, learning outcomes tests, and documentation are data collection techniques. Students' participation in the learning process was 71.86% in cycle I, 81.90% in cycle II, and 85.83% in cycle III. The first cycle's student learning outcomes had an average value of 74.41. The classical completeness percentage was 70.83% in the first cycle and increased to 78.32 in the second cycle with a classical completeness percentage of 79.16%. Cycle III's average, which includes student scores, is 82.63, and the percentage of classical completeness is 87.50%. Based on the study results, implementing Problem-Based Learning can improve students’ activities and learning outcomes for fourth-grade students at Putat Gede State Elementary School, Surabaya.