The Application of PAIKEM Approach to the Subject of Christian Education and Character Education to Improve the Learning Outcomes of the Grade 3 Students in SD GMIM 1 Manado

The research about the application of PAIKEM approach which applied at SD GMIM 1 Manado was made with the purpose to improve the learning outcomes of the students as they learn about Christian Education subject by using the methods of Classroom Action Research. This method has two cycles which start from planning, action, observation, dan reflection. PAIKEM approach is used for this research with 22 grade 3 students in SD GMIM 1 Manado as the subject. The result of the first cycle of teacher observation on the first meeting was 58,33% and on the second meeting was 66,66%. On the second cycle shows improvement, on the first meeting it was 83,33% and rise to 91,66% on the second meeting. The first cycle on the action process shows the percentage of the ability to absorb the fundamental of the lessons improved to 75,45% with the percentage of the minimum criteria of mastery learning was 68,16%. Then in the second cycle, it improves with the percentage of 92,27% and with the percentage of the minimum criteria of mastery learning was 90,90%. As a conclusion, this research proves that the approach of PAIKEM could be used to improve the learning outcomes on the subject of Christian Education and Character Education in SD GMIM 1 Manado.