Pengembangan Ensiklopedia Tema Antariksa Untuk Meningkatkan Keterampilan Berpikir Kreatif Anak Usia 5-6 Tahun

Development Of An Encyclopedia To Improve Creative Thinking Skills In Children Aged 5-6 Years

Penelitian ini dilatarbelakangi karena rendahnya kemampuan keterampilan berpikir kreatif anak di TKIT Darul ilmi. keterampilan berpikir kreatif merupakan kinerja otak yang menghasilkan ide, gagasan, atau alternatif dalam menyelesaikan suatu masalah dengan menggunakan 4 indikator berfikir kreatif menurut yaitu fluency, flexibility, originality, elaboration. tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui validitas, kepraktisan, dan keefektifan ensiklopedia tema antariksa untuk meningkatkan keterampilan berpikir kreatif pada anak usia 5-6 Tahun. Dalam penelitian ini menggunakan model penelitian pengembangan (Research and Development) dengan model ADDIE  dan menggunakan metode pre-eksperimen design tipe one group pretest posttest. Sasaran dalam penelitian ini yaitu kelompok B TKIT Darul Ilmi. Penelitian ini menggunakan 2 data yaitu kuantitatif dan kualitatif. Data kuantitatif didapat melalui angket yang diberikan kepada ahli materi, ahli desain,  pretest dan posttest anak usia 5-6 tahun. Sedangkan data kualitatif didapat dari uji coba pengembangan produk melalui komentar, saran yang diberikan oleh para ahli materi dan ahli desain.

Hasil validasi yang dilakukan oleh ahli materi mendapatkan persentas 96,4% dengan kategori sangat layak. Sementara itu, validasi oleh ahli media mendapatkan persentase 100% dengan kategori sangat layak. Hasil uji kepraktisan guru mendapatkan persentase sebesar 65% dan berada pada kategori praktis. Berdasarkan dari tabel statistic wilcoxon signed rank test menunjukkan bahwa Asymp. Sing. (2-tiled) sebesar 0.001 sehingga kurang dari 0.05 maka H0 ditolak dan H1 diterima. Sehingga dapat disimpulkan bahwa terdapat perbedaan rata-rata antara nilai pre-test dan nilai post-test yang mengalami kenaikan skor pada hasil pre-test ke post-test. Dari data tersebut dapat disimpulkan bahwasanya ensiklopedia tema antariksa efektif digunakan untuk meningkatkan keterampilan berpikir kreatif anak usia 5-6 Tahun.

Kata Kunci : Ensiklopedia, Berpikir Kreatif, Pengembangan

This research was motivated by the low creative thinking abilities of children at TKIT Darul Ilmi. Creative thinking skills are brain performance that produces ideas, concepts or alternatives in solving a problem using 4 indicators of creative thinking according to namely fluency, flexibility, originality, elaboration. The aim of this research is to determine the validity, practicality and effectiveness of a space-themed encyclopedia to improve creative thinking skills in children aged 5-6 years. This research uses a research and development model with the ADDIE model and uses a pre-experimental design type one group pretest posttest method. The target in this research is group B TKIT Darul Ilmi. This research uses 2 data, namely quantitative and qualitative. Quantitative data was obtained through questionnaires given to material experts, design experts, pretest and posttest children aged 5-6 years. Meanwhile, qualitative data was obtained from product development trials through comments and suggestions provided by material experts and design experts.

The validation results carried out by material experts obtained a percentage of 96.4% with a very feasible category. Meanwhile, validation by media experts received a percentage of 100% with a very feasible category. The teacher practicality test results obtained a percentage of 65% and were in the practical category. Based on the Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test statistical table, it shows that Asymp. Sing. (2-tiled) is 0.001 so that it is less than 0.05 then H0 is rejected and H1 is accepted. So it can be concluded that there is an average difference between the pre-test score and the post-test score which results in an increase in the score from the pre-test to the post-test. From these data it can be concluded that the space theme encyclopedia is effectively used to improve the creative thinking skills of children aged 5-6 years.

Keywords: Encyclopedia, Creative Thinking, Development