Open AccessA Learning Media Based on Hands-on Activity in Mathematics for Students Special School
Author(s) -
Nurjanah Nurjanah,
Ade Rohayati,
Lala Septem Riza
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
indonesian journal of disability studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2654-4148
pISSN - 2355-2158
DOI - 10.21776/ub.ijds.2021.008.02.02
Subject(s) - cerebral palsy , mathematics education , learning disability , reading (process) , comprehension , documentation , subtraction , mentally retarded , psychology , reading comprehension , developmental psychology , mathematics , computer science , arithmetic , linguistics , philosophy , psychiatry , programming language
The use of hands-on activity-based mathematics learning media for mentally retarded children and cerebral palsy is largely unexplored. Meanwhile, observations of children with special needs (mental retardation and cerebral palsy) at school have not shown good basic math skills, such as counting, recognizing numbers, recognizing letters, performing math operations (for example, addition and subtraction). This study aims to develop a hands-on activity-based learning media model for mentally retarded children and cerebral palsy to improve understanding of mathematics in reading, writing, and arithmetic subjects. The method used is Research and Development, where the subject is the Special School in Bandung, Indonesia. The instruments used in this study were documentation, classroom observation, interviews, and tests of mathematical comprehension abilities. The results showed that a hands-on activity-based learning model could be used to improve basic math skills in reading, writing, and arithmetic for children with mental retardation and cerebral palsy.