DEVELOPMENT OF TEACHING MATERIALS DESIGN FOR INDONESIAN LANGUAGE LEARNING FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS USING THE BOOK CREATOR APPLICATION
Lili Tansliova, Yuliana Sari, Ayu Nadira Wulandari

Universitas Negeri Medan

Abstract

This research aims to develop teaching materials in the Indonesian Learning Design course for Children with Special Needs with the help of the book creator application and see how effective the teaching materials are when used in the Indonesian Language and Literature Education Study Program FBS Unimed. This research is motivated by the limited availability of teaching materials related to the learning of children with special needs. This is inversely proportional to the development of education for children with special needs which from year to year is increasingly concerned by the Indonesian government. This research uses the Research and Development (R&D) method in which there are 7 research procedures, namely needs analysis, resource identification, product specification identification, product development, validation, product testing, and products. Based on the results of the study, it was obtained- (1) The results of the validation of the material expert obtained a score of 85.5% which is included in the valid category so that it is suitable for use in learning, (2) the results of the design expert^s validation obtained a score of 86% which is considered valid and suitable for use. Apart from that, the results of the effectiveness test of this teaching material obtained a score of 80% which is in the high category so it can be concluded that the teaching material assisted by this book creator is effective for use in learning.

Keywords: teaching materials, learning desain, the child with special needed, book creator

Topic: Social Science and Humanities