Study of Ability about Literacy of Class IV Students of SDN 1 Kaka

Abstract

Education plays an important role in the progress of a country. The future of the nation is very dependent on the quality of education today, and quality education will emerge when education in schools is also of high quality. The quality of education is very closely related to the development of student creativity which is basically owned by each individual. The creativity of students is hampered solely not because of one system, but also because of another dominant factor, namely literacy skills.

This research is descriptive qualitative in nature. The data obtained was analyzed by reducing the data and then presented so that conclusions could be drawn. In this study it can be seen that the literacy level of the fourth graders of SDN 1 Kakas, namely cognitive literacy is at the C3 or applying level, affective literacy is at the A2 level or responding and psychomotor literacy exist at the P2 level or manipulate. Then the factors that affect students' literacy skills, namely the supporting factors, namely the school committee and teachers who work together to support student literacy, while the obstacles in developing literacy of SDN 1 Kakas students are the lack of facilities and infrastructure at school as well as the lack of student interest in literacy culture.