The Effectiveness of the Interactive KOMPAS Learning Model in Improving Junior High School Students’ Social Skills: A Quasi-Experimental Study

Salma Miftakhul Jannah; Rini Triastuti; Muhammad Hendri Nuryadi

doi:10.35445/alishlah.v18i2.9537

The Effectiveness of the Interactive KOMPAS Learning Model in Improving Junior High School Students’ Social Skills: A Quasi-Experimental Study

Salma Miftakhul Jannah, Rini Triastuti, Muhammad Hendri Nuryadi

Abstract

Students’ social skills are essential for supporting communication, collaboration, empathy, responsibility, and conflict resolution in classroom learning. However, teacher-centered instruction often limits students’ opportunities to practice these competencies meaningfully. This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of the Interactive KOMPAS Learning Model in improving junior high school students’ social skills in Pancasila Education. A quasi-experimental method with a non-equivalent control group design was employed. The participants were 70 eighth-grade students at State Junior High School 1 Sukodadi, consisting of 35 students in the experimental group and 35 students in the control group, selected through cluster sampling. The experimental group received instruction using the Interactive KOMPAS Learning Model, while the control group received conventional teaching. Data were collected using a validated social skills instrument covering communication, cooperation, empathy, responsibility, and conflict resolution. Instrument validity was confirmed using Aiken’s V, and reliability was measured using Cronbach’s alpha. Data were analyzed using normality, homogeneity, N-Gain, and independent sample t-tests. The results showed that the experimental group achieved a higher N-Gain score of 62.11% than the control group, which reached 45.17%. The independent sample t-test also indicated a significant difference between groups, with t = 14.21 and p = 0.000. These findings demonstrate that the Interactive KOMPAS Learning Model is effective in enhancing students’ social skills and can serve as an innovative instructional strategy for strengthening civic competence in Pancasila Education.

Keywords

KOMPAS learning model; social skills; pancasila education

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.35445/alishlah.v18i2.9537