DEVELOPMENT OF SMART GIFT EDUCATIONAL GAME TOOLS TO IMPROVE THE CALCULATING ABILITY OF GROUP B CHILDREN IN RA AL-AMIN TAMACINNA, GOWA DISTRICT

Abstract

This development research aims to: (1) find out the process of developing a smart gift educational game tool and assess the level of validity, practicality, and effectiveness of the smart gift educational game tool to improve the numeracy skills of group B children at RA Al-Amin Tamacinna, Gowa Regency. This type of research uses the ADDIE research and development (R&D) model (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation). Based on the results of the product assessment of the validator experts, the overall average value is 87.25% with a very valid category. On the practicality sheet, a score of 98% is obtained with very practical criteria and on the pretest questionnaire sheet, the average pretest score is 49%, which is in the less effective criteria, and the average posttest score is 91.6%, which is in the very effective criteria, for 8 students. . From the results of this assessment it can be concluded that the development of a smart gift educational game tool to improve group B numeracy skills at RA Al-Amin Tamacinna, Gowa Regency has met the valid, practical, and effective criteria to use.