Development of Science Monopoly on Force Theme for Elementary School Students

Abstract

Monopoly media is media that is much liked by children, but this media has not been widely used and developed in the world of education. This study aims to develop instructional media products in the form of science monopoly style material by strengthening the curiosity character of fourth grade elementary school students which is valid, practical, and effective. This type of research includes Research and Development (R&D) with analysis, design, development, implementation and evaluation (ADDIE) models. The research participants consisted of material experts, media experts, user experts, and fourth grade students at State of Elementary School SDN Kauman 2 Kota Blitar. The results of the validity test from material experts scored 87.5% (very valid), from media experts 95.8% (very valid), and from user experts 92.5% (very valid). The practicality test results obtained a score of 90% (very practical) from students and 100% (very practical) from teachers. The results of testing the effectiveness obtained an average value pretest 67.5 and posttest 79 as well as the results of hypothesis testing through Paired Sample T-Test shows the sig value. 2 (2-tailed) 0.000 <α (0.05) means that there is a significant difference in learning outcomes. The results of observing the character of student curiosity obtained an average achievement of 83% so that it is categorized as very strong, which means that students are very curious when learning. Based on these various tests, monopoly science learning media on style material can be declared valid, practical, and effective for improving learning outcomes and strengthening the curious character of fourth grade elementary school students.