SAKURA MEDIA (ARRANGING WORDS, SYLLABLES, AND WORDS) FOR LITERACY-BASED DYSLEXIA CHILDREN
Hanum Hanifa Sukma, Nurul Hidayati Rofiah

Faculty of Education, Universitas Ahmad Dahlan

Abstract

The development of Sakura media (arranging letters, syllables, and words) in the form of portable frame media and knowing the feasibility of the media in improving reading for dyslexic children in elementary school. The method was Research and Development (R & D) with refers to the one developed by Borg & Gall. The development steps were product analysis of things that need to be developed (needs assessment), initial product development, validation and revision, small-scale field trial and revision, and acquisition of final product. Data were collected through interview guideline, validation sheet, questionnaire, and observation sheet. The research subjects were 1st grade students of Muhammadiyah Danunegaran Elementary School, Yogyakarta. The results showed that the development of Sakura Media is feasible to be used in improving reading ability of dyslexic children in elementary school with the criteria of "very good".

Keywords: dyslexia, literacy, media

Topic: Innovations in instructional training and elementary education