Improving Collaboration Skills Through the Team Assisted Individualization learning model

Abstract

Collaboration is a skill that needs to be developed from elementary school age as an effort to become social beings who live in a diverse Indonesian cultur. There is such diversity, there are many different characteristics and needs, therefore students have to be able to work together with anyone in learning. One of the ways to facilitate students in increasing this collaboration is by applying the Team Assisted Individualization (TAI) learning model. This learning model has the peculiarity of peer tutoring which provides opportunities for students to work together in a competitive and purposeful manner. This study aims to explain efforts to improve collaboration skills through the application of the Team Assisted Individualization model in learning Pancasila Education. The research conducted was Classroom Action Research (CAR), which lasted for 2 cycles. This research includes planning activities for the implementation of actions and observations, as well as reflection. The data collected is in the form of learning development data, implementation of syntax, and the results of the collaboration skills questionnaire. The results of this study consisted of two cycles: (1) cycle I of applying the Team Assisted Individualization model to Collaboration skills with an average of 55.15% ; (2) cycle II is a follow-up of the weaknesses and deficiencies in the first cycle, at this stage the results of Collaboration skills increase to 76.21%. Based on this explanation, it can be concluded that the application of the Team Assisted Individualization model in learning Pancasila Education can improve the Collaboration skills of class III A students.