The Application of Holistic Mathematics Education (HME) Model based on Among System toward Learning Motivation
Abstract. This study aims to develop a Holistic Mathematics Education (HME) model based on Among system for primary school students. However, this study focuses on exploring the impact of applying the model to the students’ learning motivation and uses quasi-experimental research by applying The Randomized Pretest-Posttest Only Control Group Design that conducted on third grade elementary school students in Indonesia. The samples are two classes chosen randomly after they meet the requirements for analysis test. One class is taken as an experimental class and one class as a control class. The data instrument used is the students’ learning motivation questionnaire. The data is analyzed quantitatively using the Wilcoxon test and t-test by comparing the gain score between the experimental and control class. The results of the analysis show that: 1) the students’ learning motivation after the treatment is better, 2) the students’ learning motivation taught by the model is better than using conventional learning models. It can be concluded that the model is useful to be applied for improving the primary school students’ motivation in learning.