Peran Metode Cooperative Learningdalam Pengembangan Empati Siswa Kelas VI SD X di Kota Cimahi

Schools had a great influence on children in developing their potential, but most only focus on the development of cognition even though the interaction of students with the environment was needed. This became important to apply active and interactive learning methods, but errors in the selection of learning methods often occur so that the ability of student interaction with the environment was hampered. The delay of this interaction had an impact on the development of empathy, so this study had been conducted to determine the role of cooperative learning in developing empathy in 6th grade elementary school. The study had been conducted on 6th grade students who had applied the cooperative learning method in class 5 with different intensities. The study design used quasi-experimental, to prove the causal relationship between independent variable and dependent variable through a projective measuring tool that contains 9 scenarios, used Posttest-Only Design with Nonequivalent Groups. The results indicated the role of cooperative learning in the development of empathy based on comparative testing in each class using Kruskal-Wallis at 34,673 (P-value = 0,000). The intensity of the implementation of cooperative learning was very influential on the development of student empathy. The data also showed the differences in the development of empathy in each category of distress situations due to the implementation of cooperative learning. Thus, cooperative learning could be one of the stimulations to develop children's empathy, especially the condition of peer interaction could be a trigger for children in developing empathy skills in their environment.