The The RADEC Model: An Innovative Strategy to Enhance Elementary School Students' Reading Interest

Abstract

The RADEC (Read, Answer, Discuss, Explain, Create) model is an innovative learning strategy designed to actively engage students in the learning process, including literacy aspects. This study aims to analyze the impact of implementing the RADEC model on elementary school students' reading interest. The research was conducted at SDN 202 Suryalaya, Bandung City, involving 27 sixth-grade students. A qualitative approach was employed, with data collected through observations, interviews, questionnaires, and analysis of students' reading interest changes at the initial and final stages of the study. The results showed a significant increase in five aspects of reading interest: reading enthusiasm (from 50% to 75%), literacy habits (from 60% to 80%), engagement in literacy-related book activities (from 40% to 65%), environmental support (from 30% to 70%), and awareness of the benefits of reading (from 50% to 75%). These improvements reflect the success of the RADEC model in creating an interactive, motivating, and supportive learning environment for student literacy development. This research provides a significant contribution to enriching literacy-based learning strategies for elementary education. RADEC is recommended as an effective approach to enhance students' reading interest while fostering a literate generation prepared to face 21st-century challenges.