Pengembangan Perangkat Praktikum Local Material Untuk Meningkatkan Penguasaan Konsep Dan Aktivitas Belajar Siswa Pada Pembelajaran Cara Hidup Manusia, Hewan, Dan Tumbuhan Di Sekolah Dasar

Abstract

This study aims to gain an overview of the product characteristics of the 
development of Local Material practicum tools in elementary schools, 
which can help improve students' mastery of concepts and learning 
activities in learning how to live humans, animals and plants in elementary 
schools. The emergence of this goal was motivated by the lack of practicum 
tools in elementary schools, so that it became an obstacle when they 
wanted to do practicum. This study used a research and development 
(R&D) approach covering the stages of curriculum analysis and 
observation, product design, design validation, design improvement, small
scale trials, and usage trials. The usage trial used Quasi-experiments. The 
research participants were fifth-graders at SDN Indrajaya 01, 02, 03, and 
04, a four-school elementary complex in Indrajaya, Salem District, Brebes 
Regency. The results showed that the use of Local Material practicum tools 
can help improve students' mastery of concepts and learning activities. The 
product is suitable for use where, according to student responses, after a small-scale trial is carried out, it receives a score of 3.04 on the Eligible 
criteria and the teacher's assessment with an average score of 3.22 on the 
Eligible criteria. The effective product improves conceptual understanding, 
with tcount = 2.77 > from ttable 1.69 at a significant level of 5%. Effective 
products increase student activity with a score of 88.80 in the experimental 
class and 76.69 in the control class. The results showed that the product 
development of Local Material practicum tools can help improve students' 
mastery of concepts and learning activities.