Canva-Assisted picture storybook with a scientific approach to improve early childhood visual-spatial intelligence
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https://doi.org/10.22460/ts.v12i2.7850Keywords:
Picture Storybook, Canva, Scientific Approach, Visual-Spatial Intelligence, early childhoodAbstract
This research aims to develop a Canva-assisted picture storybook with a scientific approach to improve the visual-spatial intelligence of early childhood. The problem found was the difficulty of children recognizing colors, shapes, patterns, and maps. The subjects consisted of 5 children in a limited test and 15 children in a broad test at a kindergarten in West Bandung Regency. The R&D method with the ADDIE model was used, data was collected through interviews, observations, and questionnaires, and then analyzed descriptively and nonparametrically. Product validation showed that the media and practitioners rated it very feasible, and the material expert assessed it as feasible. The Wilcoxon test showed a significant value of 0.001, indicating that the book is effective in developing children's visual-spatial intelligence. The indicators of color, pattern, shape, and maze reached the category of Very Well Developed.
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