Abstract: This study aims to find out the application of Education Games application based on local culture in improving the ability to recognize the concept of numbers in children in PAUD Melati DWP UNM. The approach used in this study using a qualitative approach. Type of research using Classroom Action Research consisting of two cycles including planning, implementation, observation, and reflection. Subjects in this study were teachers and learners PAUD Melati DWP UNM. Total number of learners 15 people consisting of 9 men and 6 women students. Technique of collecting data that is test and observation. Data analysis techniques used qualitative and quantitative data analysis. The result of the observation data was analyzed qualitatively, while the learners' learning result was giving the test, analyzed quantitatively by using descriptive data analysis. The result of the research shows that through application of Education Games application based on local culture, the ability to recognize the concept of number in Tulib group B children in PAUD Melati DWP UNM can increase, either from teacher teaching activity, children learning activity, or from result of student learning test, where in cycle I the ability to recognize the concept of the number of children are in enough categories whereas in cycle II the ability to recognize the concept of the number of children are in good category.
Keywords: Media, Educational, Games, Local, Culture, Concept, Numbers.
Title: Applications of Education Games Based Local Culture to Increase the Ability the Concept of Numbers
Author: Herman, Sirajuddin Saleh, Wiwik Astria
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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