TOILET TRAINING MEDIA SUPPORTING COGNITIVE ABILITY GOLDEN AGE PERIOD

Abstract

Growth and development were the different stages but both of them coinciding. High growth and development obtained health-qualify generations. Toilet training was a kind of treatment for children to control urination and defecate (Hidayat, 2008). Toilet training is required in the golden age which is all children's potential growing fast. Toilet training initiated an excellent habit to children, especially about self-hygiene. Teaching about toilet training could be given by many methods, one of them was as picture media. This research aimed to analyze effects of toilet training as media supporting cognitive in golden age period. The research design used in this research was the Quasi-experiment approaching method a group pretest-posttest design. Population in the study of children aged 3-6 years. There was two pairs group include forty-nonrespondents. Filling out the pre-test sheet, giving a treatment toilet training picture media and Fill out the post-test questionnaire sheet. A respondent who had good ability before giving a treatment was 29 respondents (70.7%) and after treatment was37 respondents (90,2%). Increasing cognitive ability was evident. Based on Wilcoxon signs rank test result, there was an impact of media supporting cognitive ability in golden age period at PAUD and TK Tunas HarapanBangsaMojokerto (ρ=0,02). So, It is better to increase the cognitive ability in golden age period with picture media combining with modeling technique referring to next researcher.