Integrative Thematic Textbooks for Elementary School Students and the Impact
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This research aims at examining the development of the integrative thematic textbooks for the elementary school students and the impact of the textbooks towards their learning. This research was designed using Research and Development (R&D) using AwARDIE model which was developed from the ADDIE model. Research participants involved experts, teachers and students. Data was collected through interviews, document analysis, questionnaires and Focus Group Discussion methods. To analyse the data, some statistical formulas were used, such as: Levene, Kolmogorov-Smirnov, t-test and Omega Squared. The findings show that the integrative thematic textbooks have high validity based on the experts and practitioners’ judgements. In addition, the textbooks developed are proven to be effective to improve the students’ learning.
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