The Implementation of Jigsaw Strategy to Improve Students’ Active Participation in Learning Tarjamah: Class of Grade 4 KMI at Third Campus of Darussalam Gontor Islamic Boarding School Academic Year 1438–1439 H

Abstract

Darussalam Gontor Islamic Boarding School is one of the biggest pesantren in East Java, which teaches both religion and academic subjects with 100% equal emphasis. One of the taught subjects is Tarjamah, which serves as a very important subject. As an attempt to make it easier for teachers to teach the subject as well as for students not to be bored in the teaching and learning activity, it is essential for teachers to choose and implement a suitable teaching strategy. One of the suitable strategies in Tarjamah subject is Jigsaw. This study aims at: (1) describing the teaching steps in Tarjamah subject using the Jigsaw strategy; and (2) knowing the improvement of students’ active participation using the Jigsaw teaching strategy. This study is a Classroom Action Research (CAR), that is, a study which is implemented by a teacher in his own classroom using a qualitative research design. This study consists of 2 cycles, and each cycle consists of 4 steps, which are: designing, implementing, observing, and reflecting. Data collection techniques which are used are: (1) observation on students’ active participation; (2) interview; and (3) documentation, in which the data is analyzed using Miles and Huberman theory covering 3 steps, which are: Data reduction, Data presentation, and Conclusion. From the data analysis, it is shown that: (1) there are 7 steps in implementing the Jigsaw strategy in Tarjamah subject, which are: the teacher entered the classroom by saying salam, the teacher explained the materials which will be learnt, students were divided into groups, students sat in their groups, students were given materials by the teacher, each group discussed the materials, and after students finished discussing, they formed new groups to present the materials they had learnt, followed by the teacher giving an evaluation on the students’ presentation; and (2) the implementation of Jigsaw in Tarjamah subject can improve students’ active participation in learning, which can be seen from the conducive learning atmosphere during the teaching and learning activity, as well as students’ opinions expressing their enthusiasm and happiness regarding the implementation of this strategy.