Authors : M. Indra Patmoko, Aminuddin Kasdi and Mustaji
Abstract: This study aims to determine: the effectiveness of teaching materials developed through constructivist approach based on the strengthening of character education to grade 4 students of elementary school and to know the student’s response to the developed teaching materials. Subjects in this study are 4th graders consisting of two classes with many students each class is 34 people. This research is a development research by using modification of 4-D development model (Define, Design, Develop, Disseminate) which is limited only Until the third stage, namely (Define, Design and Develop). Data collection is done through validation sheet, observation sheet and ability test of learning result. Data analysis technique use descriptive analysis and qualitative statistic. Before the experimental material is first tested validated to two validators with the percentage of validity level given by each validator is 90.5 and 93.18%. The effectiveness analysis based on trial I and II are as follows: the achievement of student’s learning completeness is 32% in trial I and 88% in trial II; student activity on trial I was not effective while in trial II was effective. Student’s ability between trial I and II increased for each aspect with a total average of 1.85 for trial I and 2.87 for trial II, so that, the average percentage increase was 25.5%. Thus, the teaching materials meet all the criteria of effectiveness and the pilot activities stop at trial II. Based on the experiments I and II known that the student’s response to the teaching materials positive for almost all aspects. Based on the results of data analysis can be concluded that the learning device constructivist approach by incorporating the strengthening of character education effectively to improve the learning outcomes of students of grade 4 elementary school.
M. Indra Patmoko, Aminuddin Kasdi and Mustaji , 2019. The Improvement of the Student Learning Outcomes: Development of Teaching Materials Based on Strengthening Character Education to Improve Student’s Social Learning Outcomes. Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences, 16: 207-212.