Integrative Thematic Textbooks for Elementary School Students and the Impact

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Suwardi
Muhammad Akhyar
Siswandari
Asrowi

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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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