PENGEMBANGAN MEDIA ALPAROBER (ALPHABET ROLLING NUMBER) UNTUK KETERAMPILAN MEMBACA PERMULAAN & PENGENALAN ANGKA BAGI ANAK TUNAGRAHITA KELAS 1 DI SEKOLAH DASAR INKLUSI

Alparober Media Development Research (Alphabet Rolling Number) for early reading skills and number recognition for mentally retarded children in grade 1 at the Inclusive Elementary School. Problems experienced by students in the form of difficulty recognizing letters, reading, and recognizing numbers. The resulting product is the Alparober Learning Media (Alphabet Rolling Number). This study aims to: (1) Describe the development of the Alpharober (Alphabet Rolling Number) media for initial reading skills and number recognition for mentally retarded children in grade 1 in the inclusion-based school. 2) Describe students' responses to the Alpharober media (Alphabet Rolling Number) in the beginning reading skills and number recognition for mentally retarded children in grade 1 at the school in inclusion. Development of instructional media using ADDIE research models with five stages of development including, 1) Analyze (analysis) consists of the analysis of needs and goals, learning analysis, analysis of student learning, 2) Design (Design) consists of matters relating to the design of making Alpharober (Alphabet Rolling Number) media development products. 3) The development consists of testing the validity of the Alpharober (Alphabet Rolling Number) media which is carried out through two stages, namely the first stage of learning media validation and the second stage of material validation. Development of Alpharober learning media (Alphabet Rolling Number) through the step 4) Implementation consists of testing Alpharober learning media to students for initial reading skills and number recognition for mentally retarded children in grade 1 at SD Muhammadiyah 4 Batu. Based on the implementation that has been done, Alpharober learning media can help the difficulties of students with difficulty reading and recognizing numbers, and the final step is 5) Evaluation consists of formative evaluation. The results of this study are as follows: 1) produce learning media Alparober (Alphabet Rolling Number) for beginning reading skills and number recognition for mentally retarded children in grade 1 at the Inclusive Elementary School. 2) Media products get positive responses from students with positive responses. The learning process with the media becomes more interactive and fun