Number trace book for slow learners.

Slow learners are one type of special needs student who attends regular schools. Slow learner students have lower cognitive abilities than regular students, resulting in a slower level of understanding. As a result, slow learners require concrete examples during the learning process. Recognizing numbers is one of the difficulties that slow learners face in elementary school. As a result, elementary school teachers must use more concrete learning media when teaching slow learner students to recognize and write numbers. The purpose of this study is to develop a thematic trace book as a learning medium to help slow learners recognize and write numbers. The trace book was created with rough-textured letters and numbers to provide a sensory-motor stimulus for slow learners. This is a development study using a 4D development model (define, design, development, & disseminate). The trace book material developed is limited to numbers 1-10. The themes for the trace book were chosen to correspond with the elementary school curriculum. The instruments used to assess the developed books are expert assessment sheets, student, and teacher response questionnaires. The findings revealed that the book was deemed valid by experts and useful by students and teachers. The findings of this development study show that the experts' evaluation of the trace book meets very high standards. On the criteria, the average score of teacher and student responses is excellent. The study's findings also show that books can be used to introduce and write numbers to slow learners. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]