Index Card Match as an Interactive Strategy to Improve Elementary School Students' Science Learning Activeness

Nur Hikma Maulia; Erma Suryani Sahabuddin; Nur Abidah Idrus

doi:10.55606/ijhs.v5i3.6217

Authors

Nur Hikma Maulia Universitas Negeri Makassar
Erma Suryani Sahabuddin Universitas Negeri Makassar
Nur Abidah Idrus Universitas Negeri Makassar

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55606/ijhs.v5i3.6217

Keywords:

Cycle I, Cycle II, Index Card Match, Science Learning, Student Learning Activeness

Abstract

This study aimed to explore whether the Index Card Match learning model could boost student engagement in science lessons for fourth-grade pupils at UPT SDN 83 Mangindara. We took a descriptive qualitative approach, focusing on how the model was applied and its impact on student activities. The research happened at UPT SDN 83 Mangindara in Takalar Regency during the 2024/2025 school year, involving 22 fourth-grade students 7 girls and 15 boys. Data came from observations, tests, and documentation, analyzed through qualitative descriptive methods. The findings showed that using the Index Card Match model in science classes did enhance student learning activities at UPT SDN 83 Mangindara. In Cycle I, activities were low in the first meeting (categorized as "Less" or K) and stayed that way in the second. But by Cycle II, things improved: the first meeting hit "Enough" (C), and the second reached "Good" (B). Meanwhile, the teacher's performance was solid from the start, rated "Good" (B) in both meetings of Cycle I, and it held steady at that level through both meetings in Cycle II.

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