Peningkatan Kemampuan Mahasiswa PGSD Universitas Bung Hatta dalam Mengembangkan Bahan Ajar IPA Sekolah Dasar

Abstract

This research aims to describe the ability of student of the Elementary School Teacher Education Department at Bung Hatta University in developing science teaching materials for elementary school. The type of this research is descriptive qualitative with the research subject being class D students taking courses in the development of teaching materials for even semester 2017/2018 school year. Data collection instruments were in the form of scores on: (1) syllabus and lesson plan assessment sheets, (2) teaching material assessment sheet and teaching material validation instruments. The research data is then analyzed using descriptive analysis which includes reducing data, presenting data and drawing conclusions. The results showed that 79% of students had been able to compile a syllabus of science learning well and very well, 81% of students had been able to compile the lesson plan of science learning well and very well, and 41 students had been able to develop teaching materials in the good category for use in the learning process. So it can be concluded that the students of Elementary School Teacher Education Department at Bung Hatta University have been able to develop science teaching materials in accordance with the steps of developing teaching materials.