Development of Batik Art Learning Media to Enhance Concentration in Deaf Children
Keywords:
Deaf Children; Early Childhood; Special Education; Concentration; Art Learning Media, BatikAbstract
Concentration serves as a fundamental cognitive component for deaf children, who often face challenges due to high cognitive load and mental fatigue. This study aimed to develop and test the feasibility of a Batik Art Learning Media book to enhance the concentration of deaf children in early childhood. Guided by the Design-Based Research (DBR) method, this study's development process was structured around an iterative validation cycle with 14 experts (media experts, batik experts, deaf education experts, psychologists, and practitioners) and deaf students in early childhood at SLB-B YRTRW Surakarta as trial subjects. The media prototype, a graded activity book consisting of tracing, completing, and coloring tasks, was developed as a structured concentration intervention and has undergone expert validation and field testing. Expert validation results using Aiken's V indicated that all aspects of the media (16 items) were valid (V > 0.72) and that the concentration instrument (9 items) was valid (V > 0.80). The inter-rater reliability of the concentration instrument was considered satisfactory (ICC=0.850; p=0.001). Field trials employing a one-group pretest-posttest design revealed a statistically significant increase in concentration scores (p=0.000), with an average improvement of 59 points, meaning that children demonstrated noticeably better concentration. This study concludes that the developed batik art media book is feasible, practical, and potentially effective in enhancing the concentration of deaf children in early years setting. This medium effectively merges evidence-based cognitive training with structured local cultural wisdom that aligns with the visual learning characteristics of deaf children.
https://doi.org/10.26803/ijlter.25.3.30
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