The Development of Procedure Text Learning Media in the Form of Animation for Students of Class VII in SMP/MTS

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze the suitability of the needs in using procedure text learning media which was available for students of class VII of SMP Negeri 18 Medan, developing procedure text learning media in the form of animation and analyzing the improvement of students' learning outcomes before and after using procedure text learning media in the form of animation referred to the criteria of product quality by Nieveen. According to Nieveen a product is good if it meets three criteria of product quality namely: (1) validity, (2) practicality, and (3) effectiveness. This research referred to the Thiagarajan development model namely the 4-D model (four D models). This study used a one group pretest-posttest design. The findings showed that: (1) procedure text learning media in the form of animation was needed by the students so that the learning situation was more concrete, interesting, and fun, (2) the learning tool produced was procedure text learning media in the form of animation that was packaged in a compact disk and has met the valid criteria from the expert team:  the percentage of score from the design experts of learning media reached 92%, learning media experts reached 100%, content expert reached 85%, and linguists reached 98%. The percentage of scores from each of these experts was in a very valid classification. The practicality of learning media was concluded based on students’ responses and teachers’ responses: students' responses to learning media on experiment II reached an average percentage of 92% on practical criteria, teachers' response to instructional media on experiment I reached 96% on practical criteria. The effectiveness of learning media was concluded based on students’ posttest result in experiment I with the percentage of classical completeness was equal to 87.5% at very good criterion or otherwise completed, and (3) The improvement of students’ learning outcomes was concluded based on pretest and posttest analyzed using N-Gain and the average value of gain is 0.73 in the high category.

Keywords: learning media, procedure text, animation