LEARNING MEDIA DEVELOPMENT USING COMIC ON THEME 3 SUB-THEME 3 GRADE II OF PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

Abstract

This research was started when doing observation and interview with teachers that the use of learning media was still so lack when teachers taught in class so that students were found that they have less interested in learning participating. One of the media that can attract attention and provide entertainment is comics, this is because comics display stories that are closely related to images so that they attract students to read. The purpose of this research is to see the feasibility of the product in the form of comic media with grade II students. The research type is research and development (R&D). This research applied some steps that must be carried out in accordance with the instructions systematically are cinsist of (1) Collection (needs analysis)  (2) Comic product design (3) Material and design validation (4) Product revision (5) Feedback /Teacher's Responses (6) Field trials (small groups and large groups (7) Product data analyzer. The instrument used is questionnaire which are validated by a team of material experts and a team of design experts and the product response will be carried out by 2 teachers and 30 students of the 2nd grade. The results on the validation and the response describe the feasibility of the comic product developed. The results obtained (1) Design expert validation got 4.12 scores included as "Eligible" category (2) Material expert validation got 4.17 score included as "Eligible" category (3) The second grade homeroom teacher's response got 4.87 score included as "very appropriate" category (4) The third grade elementary school student's response got 4.46  score included as “Very decent” category. Based on the results of the validation and response results, it was concluded that the material that the researchers developed was the comics media for grade II students at SDS 012 Maitreyawira Karimun. The average score is 4.40 included as "Very feasible" category.