Fixing the weakness of thematic printed teaching media for elementary school students

Abstract

This research aims to know: (1) Weaknesses of thematic printed teaching materials used by sixth-grade elementary school students in the Ki Suratman Group, Cawas District, Klaten Regency. (2). Producing thematic printed teaching materials with the theme of social harmony that are suitable for use in grade VI Elementary Schools in the Ki Suratman Group, Cawas District, Klaten Regency. (3) Knowing the feasibility of thematic printed teaching materials with the theme Protecting Living Creatures for grade VI Elementary School students in the Ki Suratman Group, Cawas District, Klaten Regency. (4) Knowing the effectiveness of thematic printed teaching materials with Protecting Living Creatures on the learning outcomes of grade VI Elementary School students in the Ki Suratman Group, Cawas District, Klaten Regency. This research is a type of Research and Development (R & D) carried out in the Ki Suratman Group, Cawas District, Klaten Regency. Development stage with material expert validation, media expert validation, readability test, and implementation test. Analysis of the data to test the results of the instrument by testing the validity and reliability, and effectiveness analysis. The feasibility of the teaching materials developed by the researchers obtained a score of 64 out of 68 total expected scores. After being converted, a score of 3.70 is obtained with a very decent category. Feasibility of thematic teaching materials with the theme Protecting Living Creatures obtained a 45 out of 48 expected scores. After the conversion obtained a score of 3.75. The effectiveness of the teaching materials developed on the learning outcomes of Class VI elementary school students shows a t count value of 13.326 > t table (1.69389) with a p-value of 0.000, so it is below 0.05 (p < 0.05). This means that there is a significant difference in student learning outcomes between the control and experimental groups.