PENGEMBANGAN BUKU BERJENJANG LEVEL B UNTUK MENINGKATKAN KEMAMPUAN MEMBACA SISWA SLOW LEARNER KELAS 1 SEKOLAH DASAR 

Development of Level B Tiered Books to Improve Reading Ability of grade 1Slow Learner Students in Elementary School

Penelitian ini bertujuan menghasilkan buku bacaan berjenjang level B sebagai upaya untuk meningkatkan kemampuan  membaca siswa Slow Learner kelas 1 sekolah dasar. Buku bacaan yang dihasilkan sebanyak tiga buku dengan judul yang berbeda, yaitu Rumahku, Meme suka sayur wortel dan Popi tak punya teman.

Desain penelitian dan pengembangan yang dipilih dalam penelitian ini menggunakan model pengembangan yang mengadaptasi model 4-D dari Thiagarajan.. R & D merupakan metode penelitian yang digunakan untuk menghasilkan produk tertentu, dan menguji keefektifan produk tersebut. Produk yang didesain dalam penelitian ini yaitu berupa buku bacaan berjenjang level B diharapkan dapat meningkatkan kemampuan membaca siswa Slow Learner kelas 1 sekolah dasar.

Hasil pengembangan buku berjenjang level B yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini meliputi Define, Design, Develope, Disseminate. Hasil validasi ahli isi sebesar 87%, validasi ahli kebahasaan  92% dan validasi kegrafikan sebesar 89%, dengan kriteria sangat valid. Kepraktisan produk ini dinilai hasil aktivitas guru sebesar 96%, aktivitas siswa sebesar 83,5%, dan respon siswa siswa sebesar 97,5 dengan katagori sangat baik. Keefektifan produk dinilai dari tes keterampilan membaca menggunakan pretest dan posttest yang menggunakan rumus n-gain. Hasil pretest sebesar 29,2 dengan katagori tidak tuntas, sedangkan posttest sebesar 83,3 dengan katagori tuntas. Ketuntasan tersebut mengacu pada ketuntasan minimal siswa yang ditentukan oleh rapat dewan guru sebesar > 75. Berdasarkan data-data tersebut terdapat peningkatan rata-rata nilai keterampilan membaca sebelum dan sesudah diterapkannya buku berjenjang level B . Peningkatan kemampuan membaca siswa Slow Learner kelas 1 sekolah dasar berkatagori tinggi dengan nilai skor rata-rata n-gain sebesar 0,6.

This research aims to produce level B level reading books as an effort to improve the reading skills of Slow Learner grade 1 elementary school students. Three books have been produced with different titles, namely Rumahku, Meme likes carrots and Popi has no friends.

The research and development design chosen in this study uses a development model that adapts the 4-D model from Thiagarajan. R & D is a research method used to produce certain products and to test the effectiveness of these products. The product designed in this study is a level B reading book which is expected to improve the reading ability of the Slow Learner grade 1 elementary school students.

The results of the development of level B level books used in this study include: Define, Design, Develop, Disseminate. The result of content expert validation was 87%, linguist validation 92% and graphic validation 89%, with very valid criteria. The practicality of this product was assessed as the result of teacher activity by 96%, student activity by 83.5%, and student response by 97.5 in the very good category. The effectiveness of the product was assessed from the reading skills test using the pretest and posttest using the formula n-gain. The Results were pretest 29.2 with the incomplete category, while the posttest results were 83.3 with the complete category. The completeness refers to the minimum completeness of students as determined by the teacher council meeting of      > 75. Based on these data there is an increase in the average value of reading skills before and after the implementation of level B level books. The increase in reading ability of Slow Learner grade 1 elementary school students is categorized as high with an average score n-gain of 0.6.