The Effectiveness of Differentiated Learning Strategies to Increase Learning Concentration of Children with Learning Difficulties

Abstract

Penelitian ini dilakukan berdasarkan permasalahan yang ditemukan di SDN 17 Jawa Gadut Padang. Hasil permasalahan yang ditemukan adalah adanya seorang anak yang teridentifikasi kesulitan belajar siswa tersebut memiliki permasalahan pada tingkat konsentrasinya yang rendah. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk meningkatkan konsentrasi belajar pada siswa berkesulitan belajar di SDN 17 Jawa Gadut Padang dengan menggunakan strategi pembelajaran berdiferensiasi. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah single subject research dengan desain A-B-A. Subjek penelitian ini adalah seorang anak berkesulitan belajar kelas IV SD. Teknik pengumpulan data yang diterapkan adalah durasi. Sedangkan teknik analisis data yang digunakan adalah persentase untuk melihat tingkat peningkatan konsentrasi pada anak. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa siswa kelas IV di SDN 17 Jawa Gadut Padang pada siswa berkesulitan belajar adalah meningkat sesuai dengan hasil analisis data dalam kondisi dan antar kondisi.
 Kata kunci :pembelajaran berdiferensiasi, kesulitan belajar, konsentrasi belajar.
 
 ABSTRACT
 This research was conducted based on the problems found in SDN 17 Jawa Gadut, Padang. The results of the problems found were that there was a student who was identified as having learning difficulties that the student had problems at a low level of concentration. This study aims to increase the learning concentration of students with learning difficulties at SDN 17 Jawa Gadut Padang by using differentiated learning strategies. The method used in this research is single subject research with ABA design. The subject of this research is a child with learning difficulties in grade IV SD. The data collection technique applied is duration. While the data analysis technique used is the percentage to see the level of concentration increase in children. The results of this study indicate that the fourth grade students at SDN 17 Jawa Gadut Padang in students having learning difficulties are increasing according to the results of data analysis in conditions and between conditions.
 Keywords :differentiated learning, learning difficulties, learning concentration.

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“…14 The Effectiveness of Differentiated Learning Strategies to Increase the Learning Concentration of Children with Learning Difficulties [17] Differentiated learning strategies design variations of learning that is considered to be interesting by combining types of children's learning styles in learning topics so that children are focused and interested in learning, from overall data analysis, analysis of data under conditions and analysis of data between conditions shows that there is an increasing concentration of learning in children with learning difficulties. From the results of the acquisition data, the differentiation learning strategy has an effect so that it can improve the learning concentration of children with learning difficulties (continued) Differentiated Instruction accommodates each student in accordance to their level of ability thus it gives motivation towards high school to be more enthusiastic in exhibiting their maximum performance in their learning process as the learning materials are also deemed easier to be understood.…”

Differentiated Learning Number Division Material Increases Elementary School Students' Interest and Learning Outcomes

“…The third finding shows that differentiated learning is better and more effective in increasing student interest in learning and learning outcomes.The application of differentiated learning can improve learning outcomes,by attracting children's attention while they are learning in order to achieve targeted learning goals (Saputra & Marlina, 2020;Suwartiningsih, 2021). This explains that differentiated learning is creating a class that has diversity by providing opportunities for students to obtain content, process ideas and improve the learning outcomes of each student so they can learn more effectively (Faiz et al, 2022;Miqwati et al, 2023).…”

“…One effort that can be made to overcome this problem is by implementing a differentiated learning model. Differentiated learning is a way of teaching that pays attention to students' differences in interests, talents and learning styles to bring diversity to the classroom (Pitaloka & Arsanti, 2022;Saputra & Marlina, 2020). Apart from that, the meaning of differentiated learning also includes adapting learning to students' interests, learning preferences, and readiness to improve learning outcomes (Aprima & Sari, 2022;Avivi et al, 2023).…”

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“…A positive, supportive, and inclusive class culture must be created. Teachers provide ongoing feedback and support to students, addressing individual strengths and aspects that need improvement (Saputra, 2021). Technique scaffolding and small group teaching can be implemented to help students achieve learning objectives (Waliyudin et al, 2022).…”

“…Differentiated learning also has an impact on students' concentration levels. Research by Saputra (2021) shows that implementing differentiated learning increases students' learning concentration at SDN 17 Jawa Gadut, Padang. This is in harmony with what was revealed by Marlina et al (2023), who found that differentiated learning effectively improves concentration and learning outcomes in students with diverse learning needs.…”