Implementation of the Role Playing Learning Method in Improving Islamic Religious Education Learning Outcomes on Marriage Material for Vocational High School Students

The aim of the research is to evaluate the success of the role playing learning method in improving learning about the Islamic religion, more specifically about marriage, in class XI students at State Vocational High School 6 Surakarta. This research involved a class majoring in Visual Communication Design with 26 students. The research process was carried out through two cycles, each cycle consisting of planning, implementation, observation and reflection stages. The research results show that the role playing learning method influences Islamic learning outcomes better, as can be seen from the results of knowledge tests via pretest and posttest. Students experienced increased learning outcomes with the analysis of the 2 cycles carried out. In the first cycle, only 5 students (19.23%) got a complete score. However, in the second cycle, student completion rose to 22 out of 26 students (84.6%). Thus, the role playing method can be considered to have high criteria for increasing student understanding.