Pengaruh Penggunaan Media Interaktif Learn Cheerful Letters Terhadap Kemampuan Keaksaraan Anak Kelompok B DI TK Amelia Jember

Abstract

This research was motivated by the literacy skills of Group B children at Amelia Kindergarten, Jember, which had not developed optimally. One effort that can be made to stimulate children’s literacy skills is through the use of interactive learning media. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of using the interactive media Learn Cheerful Letters on the literacy skills of Group B children at Amelia Kindergarten, Jember. This study used a quantitative approach with a pre-experimental research type and employed a One Group Pretest-Posttest Design. The population and sample in this study consisted of all Group B children at Amelia Kindergarten, Jember, totaling 14 children, using a saturated sampling technique. Data collection techniques used tests in the form of Children’s Worksheets (LKA). The data were analyzed using the Shapiro-Wilk normality test and the Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test hypothesis test with the assistance of the IBM SPSS Statistics program. The results showed that the average pretest and posttest scores increased after the treatment was administered. The hypothesis test results using the Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test obtained an Asymp. Sig (2-tailed) value of 0.011 < 0.05, so H₀ was rejected and H₁ was accepted. Thus, it can be concluded that there is a significant effect of the use of the interactive media Learn Cheerful Letters on the literacy skills of Group B children at Amelia Kindergarten, Jember. The interactive media Learn Cheerful Letters is effective in helping improve children's abilities to distinguish letters, group pictures with the same initial letter, match pictures with words, and write.