UPAYA PENINGKATAN KONSENTRASI BELAJAR ANAK USIA DINI DENGAN METODE PERCOBAAN SAINS SEDERHANA DI RA PERWANIDA XXVI JATISRONO KABUPATEN WONOGIRI

Dwi Setiyani. Upaya Peningkatan Konsentrasi Belajar Anak Usia Dini Dengan Metode Percobaan Sains Sederhana Di Ra Perwanida XXVI Jatisrono Kabupaten Wonogiri. Thesis. Early Childhood Education Study Program. Muhammadiyah University of Ponorogo. Advisor 1 Mr. Hadi Cahyono, M.Pd., Advisor 2 Mr. Muhammad 'Azam Muttaqin, M.Pd.
This study aims to: (1) analyze efforts to increase the concentration of early childhood learning using simple science experiment methods. (2) identify the results of increasing the concentration of early childhood learning with simple science experiment methods at RA Perwanida XXVI Jatisrono, Wonogiri Regency.
This research is a classroom action research. There were 14 students involved in the research, and observation sheets and interview guidelines were used to collect data on learning concentration.
The results of the study show that simple science experiments can improve the concentration of early childhood learning. The results of initial observations, showed that the average percentage of children's learning concentration was 45.40%, and the average percentage of children's learning concentration in cycle I reached 62.49%. Actions in cycle II of improvements were carried out, including selecting group members so that they were equally active in conducting science experiments, conducting experiments with more stages and procuring more teaching aids and loose parts. With this improvement, learning concentration increased by an average of 75.25% during the second cycle. This can be seen from the students' interest in carrying out simple science experiments independently, being able to carry out orders according to game recommendations, increasing students' ability to think critically and answering simple questions, students are able to carry out all activities to completion. This percentage achieves an indicator of success, namely the average concentration of children's learning based on observations of more than 70%, so that the action is stopped after the second cycle.