Development of Hexanutri Nutrition Education Media on Balanced Nutrition for Elementary School Students in Binjai

Abstract

Background: The limited use of learning media has led to a lack of knowledge about balanced nutrition among students at SDN No.020267 Binjai. It was found that 10 out of 15 students had less knowledge about balanced nutrition.

Objective:  This study aims to develop hexanutri nutrition education media that can increase balanced nutrition knowledge in elementary school students and find out the feasibility of hexanutri nutrition education media.

Materials and Methods: The location of this research was carried out at SDN No.020267 Binjai, with a period of December 2023 to February 2024. This type of research uses Research and Development research procedures using the ADDIE model (analyze, design, development, implementation, evaluation). The subjects of this study were elementary school students at SDN No.020267 Binjai. Data analysis in this study is descriptive, qualitative and descriptive quantitative using Likert scale.

Results: The results of this study showed that the material validation test got a feasibility percentage of 96.25% and the results of the media validation test got a feasibility percentage of 95%. Small group trials get a percentage of 100% and large group trials get a percentage of 93.22%. The average pretest result of 64.9 increased on the posttest average of 86.78 with an N-Gain percentage of 62%.

Conclusion: The conclusion of the study is that hexanutri nutrition education media is suitable for use and can increase students' balanced nutrition knowledge.