Pengaruh Kegiatan Berkebun terhadap Kemampuan Kerja Sama dan Kemampuan Mengenal Konsep Ukuran pada Anak Usia 5-6 Tahun

 The Effect of Gardening Activities on Cooperation Skills and Ability to Recognize Size Concepts in 5-6 Years Old Children

Tujuan dari penelitian ini yaitu (1) mengetahui pengaruh kegiatan berkebun terhadap kemampuan kerja sama pada anak usia 5-6 tahun; (2) mengetahui pengaruh kegiatan berkebun terhadap kemampuan mengenal konsep ukuran pada anak usia 5-6 tahun. Penelitian ini menggunakan model quasi experiment dengan desain nonrandomized prestest-posttest control group design. Jumlah sampel yang digunakan sebanyak 32 anak yang dibagi menjadi dua kelompok, yaitu 16 anak kelompok kontrol  dari kelompok B TK Dharma Wanita Mojosari dan 16 anak kelompok eksperimen dari TK Dharma Wanita 1 Setonorejo. Pengambilan data dilakukan melalui dua tahap yaitu pretest dan posttest. Kelompok eksperimen diberikan treatment berupa berkebun, sedangkan kelompok kontrol tidak. Treatment dilakukan sebanyak empat kali. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan observasi dan dokumentasi. Analisis data dilakukan menggunakan uji Mann-Whitney U dengan bantuan program JASP 0.19.10. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan: (1) hasil uji hipotesis pada kemampuan kerja sama menunjukkan p < 0.001. Hal itu membuktikan bahwa p  < 0.05, yang bermakna hipotesis diterima dan menunjukkan bahwa terdapat perbedaan gain score antara kelompok eksperimen dan kelompok kontrol;  (2) hasil uji hipotesis pada kemampuan mengenal konsep ukuran menunjukkan p < 0.001. Hal ini membuktikan bahwa p < 0.05, yang bermakna hipotesis diterima dan menunjukan bahwa erdapat perbedaan gain score antara kelompok eksperimen dengan kelompok kontrol. Maka dapat disimpulkan bahwa kegiatan berkebun berpengaruh terhadap kemampuan kerja sama dan kemampuan mengenal konsep ukuran pada anak usia 5-6 tahun.

Kata kunci : berkebun, kerja sama, konsep ukuran 

The objectives of this study are (1) to determine the effect of gardening activities on cooperation skills in children aged 5-6 years; (2) to determine the effect of gardening activities on the ability to recognize the concept of size in children aged 5-6 years. This study used a quasi experiment model with a nonrandomized prestest-posttest control group design. The number of samples used was 32 children who were divided into two groups, namely 16 control group children from group B of Dharma Wanita Mojosari Kindergarten and 16 experimental group children from Dharma Wanita 1 Setonorejo Kindergarten. Data collection was carried out through two stages, namely pretest and posttest. The experimental group was given treatment in the form of gardening, while the control group was not. Treatment was carried out four times. Data collection techniques used observation and documentation. Data analysis was conducted using the Mann-Whitney U test with the help of the JASP 0.19.10 program. The results showed: (1) the results of hypothesis testing on cooperation skills show p < 0.001. It proves that p < 0.05, which means the hypothesis is accepted and shows that there is a difference in gain score between the experimental group and the control group; (2) the results of hypothesis testing on the ability to recognize the concept of size show p < 0.001. This proves that p < 0.05, which means the hypothesis is accepted and shows that there is a difference in gain score between the experimental group and the control group. So it can be concluded that gardening activities affect the ability to cooperate and the ability to recognize the concept of size in children aged 5-6 years.

Keywords : gardening, cooperation, concept of size