PENINGKATAN KEMAMPUAN BERPIKIR LOGIS ANAK USIA 5-6 TAHUN MELALUI MEDIA PAPAN FLANEL DI RA FATHUN QARIB BANDA ACEH

Abstract

Cognitive development is one aspect of early childhood development that must be developed with the principle of learning while playing and using certain media that can improve children's cognitive abilities in logical thinking. But in reality in RA Fathun Qarib Banda Aceh has not used these principles and certain media in the learning process. The results of preliminary observations at RA Fathun Qarib Banda Aceh found that children have not been able to sort the size of objects from small to large, and children are not fully familiar with the concepts of many and few. The purpose of this study was to determine the increase in the ability to think logically children aged 5-6 years at RA Fathun Qarib Banda Aceh using flannel board media. The subjects in this study were children aged 5-6 years and involved children in groups B1 and B2. This type of research is an experiment using Quasi Experiment analysis with Pretest-Posttest Control Group Design. The results of the study are based on calculations using the t-test statistic, then the effect of the use of flannel board media on increasing children's logical thinking ability as obtained is 4.94> 1.70. The ability to think logically children when applied to the flannel board media increased as a result of the average value in the experimental class of 88.75. Therefore, it can be concluded that the flannel board media can improve the ability to think logically children 5-6 years in RA Fathun Qarib Banda Aceh.