THE EFFECT OF GIVING FLASHCARDS MEDIA ABOUT CHANGES IN PUBERTY ON THE KNOWLEDGE OF ADOLESCENT GIRLS IN SMP NEGERI 01 KARANGPANDAN

Abstract

Based on the 2010 Population Census, the number of adolescents 10-19 years old in Indonesia reached 43.5 million, about 18% of the world population. The Indonesian Adolescent Reproductive Health Survey shows that adolescents' knowledge of reproductive health is still low, knowledge is the understanding and ability to apply information. Flashcard media, as a development of learning media, can improve knowledge. This study aims to analyse the effect of using flashcard media about puberty changes on the knowledge of adolescent girls at SMP Negeri 1 Karangpandan. This research used pre-experimental method with Pretest-posttes with control group design. The population in this study amounted to 332 people, namely all female students in 2024 at SMP Negri 1 Karangpandan. With a sample size of 80 female students consisting of 40 control group students and 40 treatment groups. This study used random sampling technique. The instrument used was a questionnaire.

The results of the Wilcoxon test showed that the asymp.sig in the control and treatment groups was 0.001, (<0.05), so it was concluded that there was a significant difference between the pretest and posttest values in both groups. And the results of the Mann-Whitney test showed an asymp.sig value of 0.001 (<0.05), so the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted, which means that there is an effect of flashcard media on the knowledge of adolescent girls about puberty changes at SMP Negeri 1 Karangpandan.