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Abstract
Media is needed in the implementation of mathematics learning to make it easier for students to understand the learning topic. Media has an important role in clarifying learning topics and being a concrete example of abstract mathematics learning. One of the learning media that can be used by teachers is a puzzle where students can disassemble the puzzle parts and rearrange them into a complete form. The purpose of this study was to prove: 1) the effect of puzzle learning media on the learning independence of third grade students of SD Negeri Keleyan I Socah, and 2) the effect of puzzle learning media on understanding of the circle of third grade students of SD Negeri Keleyan I Socah. The researcher used a quantitative research approach with the type of experimental research, namely one group pretest-posttest design. The research instrument used was a questionnaire and test questions on the research sample of 22 third grade students of SD Negeri Keleyan I Socah. Researchers used paired sample t test analysis to obtain research conclusions. The conclusions in this study are: 1) there is an influence of puzzle learning media on the learning independence of third grade students of SD Negeri Keleyan I Socah, and 2) there is an influence of puzzle learning media on the understanding of circles of third grade students of SD Negeri Keleyan I Socah.
