UPAYA MENINGKATKAN KEMAMPUAN MENGENAL HURUF MELALUI FLASHCARD PADA SISWA SANGGAR BIMBINGAN KEPONG MALAYSIA

Abstract

Education has role important in improving quality source Power humans, including in mastery Letter Recognition Skills. However, observation beginning show that skills Letter Recognition students at the studio Muhammadiyah Guidance Kepong, Malaysia, still low. This study aims to improve skills letter recognition student through use of Flash Card media. The method used is Classroom Action Research (CAR) was conducted in two cycles, where each cycle covering stage planning, implementation, observation, and reflection. Data is collected through observation, test introduction letters in students, as well as documentation. Research results show that use of Flash Card media significant increase skills know letters in students. In the pre-action, the average student score was only 43 with a mastery percentage of 47.37%, which was in the poor category. After the application of Flash Card media in Cycle I, the average score increased to 57 with a mastery percentage of 57% (sufficient category). In Cycle II, there was a significant increase with an average score of 91.42 and a mastery percentage of 88.2% (very good category). In addition, students' confidence in recognizing letters increased, and their active participation in learning increased. Thus, it can be concluded that the use of flash card media is a very effective learning strategy in improving students' letter recognition skills, and can be an alternative learning method that can be widely applied in elementary education.