Development of Media Convertible Book Based on Scientific Approach to Improve the Understanding of Environmental Care Concepts and Characters

Year 2019, , 150 - 156, 17.08.2019

Ariani Rahmawatı Anwar Senen

https://doi.org/10.31458/iejes.604868

Cited By: 1

Abstract

The
aims of the research are (1) to develop a convertible book based on a
scientific approach to improving the conceptual understanding and
care-for-environmental character, (2) to reveal the effectiveness of the
developed convertible book to improve the conceptual understanding and
care-for-environmental character of grade IV students of elementary schools in
Moga subdistrict., Pemalang Regency, Indonesian Country. The
research uses Research and Development (R&D) model with reference to
product development by Borg & Gall. The subject of research are students of
elementary schools in Moga subdistrict. The validity of the developed
convertible book was analyzed by converting to five quantitative criteria. The
effectiveness of the convertible book in improving the conceptual understanding
and care-for environmental character was analyzed by N-gain score, t-test, and
MANOVA at the significance level of 0.05. The result of the research showed
that the develop convertible book fulfilled the feasibility criteria according
to the validation by material expert and media expert, teachers' responses and
students' response which was in a good of very feasible category. The
convertible book was effective to improve the students' conceptual
understanding and care-for-environmental character. The result of the t-test at
sig. 0.05 showed the effect of the use of the media and test MANOVA there is
significant effect between class experiment and class control at 0.00.

Keywords

Convertible book, scientific approach, concept understanding, care-for-environmental character

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