The Validity of ARICESA-Based Learning Materials in Basic Science Concept for Student of Primary School Teacher Education Department

摘要

The learning motivation and science concepts comprehension must be fostered by students in the department of primary school teacher education. That is due to the diversity of high school background of this department students. This research aimed to determine the validity of ARICESA-based learning materials in the basic science concepts that consisting of learning book, lesson plan, and students' worksheet. The entire development stage was conducted according to the Plomp Model, which includes preliminary research, prototype stage, and assessment stage. The validation process is in the prototype stage with the criteria of validity used the Focus Group Discussion (FGD) process, expert appraisals results, and user response (students and lecturers). The validation scores for the learning book, lesson plan, and students' worksheet are 9.17, 8.93, and 9.88, all learning materials belong to first criteria. FGD results for these materials also have good comments, while the response of students and lecturers are also very good with an average percentage of 86.86%. Resulting from this, the prototype is feasible to be used for learning the basic science concepts in the department of primary school education, continuous improvement, and effectiveness test. This prototype is also expected to be an alternative model of learning materials to improve students' motivation and comprehension of basic science concepts.