The Effectiveness of the Treasure Hunt Strategy in Enhancing Arabic Language Learning Outcomes

<em>The research identified problems in teaching Arabic at secondary school that some students have shortcomings in mastering the materials and scores below the Minimum Passing Grade (KKM). This study proposed implementing the Treasure Hunt (TH) as a problem-solving strategy to foster students’ achievement and so intended to investigate its effectiveness in improving the learning outcomes of Arabic Language at MTsN 3 Ngawi. This study employed a quantitative experimental research design with data obtained throughout tests, interview, and documentation. The findings proved a significance difference in the scores between two classes after the treatment, whereas the experimental class outperformed the control class with an average score of 9.00 compared to 6.77. The statistical analysis with a two-tailed Mann-Whitney Non-Parametric test yielded a significance value of 0.05 > 0.000 and indicates that the Treasure Hunt learning strategy is effective for enhancing learning outcomes.</em>