Development of Social Studies Learning Character- Based with Connected Model at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Universitas Negeri Medan

This development research aims to produce character-based social studies
textbooks with connected models in the Faculty of Social Sciences, Medan State
University. Specific targets to be achieved are the production of character-based social
studies textbooks with connected models to improve the quality of social studies
education as faculty courses (Teaching Courses SELF FIS UNIMED). The research
method used by the R&D method follows the Borg & Gall procedure. The research
subjects involve (1) lecturer supporting the Unimed FIS Identity Course; (2) students as
subjects for limited group trials; and (3) four experts for the validation of teaching
materials that have social studies expert criteria, plus Indonesian language experts and
instructional material design experts. The instrument used was the expert validation
questionnaire which was analyzed using the Average Score Percentage (PRS).