Title:
VALIDITY AND EFFECTIVENESS TESTS OF AN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATIONAL TOYS DEVELOPMENT MODULE AT PG-PAUD FKIP OF THE SRIWIJAYA UNIVERSITY

Authors:
Rukiyah*, Linda Puspita and Sri Utami

Abstract:
This study aims to test the validity, reliability, practicality, and effectiveness of the instructional module developed for students in Early Childhood Education Study Program (PG-PAUD), Faculty of Teacher Training and Education (FKIP), Sriwijaya University, Indonesia. The research was conducted in four stages as follows: 1) designing teaching materials for early childhood educational toys development; 2) evaluating the validity and reliability of the module by related experts; 3) testing the practicality and effectiveness of the module prior to expert evaluation in a small group of students; 4) testing practicality and effectiveness of the module after revision in a larger group of students. A qualitative-descriptive technique was applied for the data analysis. The results showed reliability of the module’s content and designs are 83.21% and 87.30% respectively. The mean gain-score achieved by students in practicality and effectiveness test before and after module’s revision consecutively are 0.88 and 0.96. It suggests therefore, the module developed titled "Development of Early Childhood Educational Toys" worth to be categorized as valid, reliable, practical, dan effective.

Keywords:
teaching module, educative toys, early childhood education, early childhood teacher

DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.37500/IJESSR.2020.3604