PENGEMBANGAN MEDIA KOMIK BERWARNA PADA MATERI SISTEM PENCERNAAN MANUSIA UNTUK SMP

Development of colored comics media in human digestion system material

for Junior High School

Ayu Nirmala Sari *), Ardi **), Ramadhan Sumarmin **)

*) Program Studi Pendidikan Biologi, Jurusan Biologi FMIPA UNP,

email: ayunirmala02@yahoo.com

**) Staf Pengajar Jurusan Biologi Fakultas Matematika dan Ilmu Pengetahuan Alam, Universitas Negeri Padang

ABSTRACT

The use of media that have not been optimal in the abstract material such as material human digestive system, low reading interest and lack of ability to visualize the information that has been heard, causing low study results on biology subject of junior high school students class VIII. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a color comics media as an alternative media that according to the characteristics and development of students so that students easily understand the biological materials. Based on this, has done research and development is aimed to produce a valid and practise color comics media in the human digestive system material.

This development research using the four-D models consisting of stages define, design, develop and disseminate. However, do not disseminate stages in this research. Define stages consisted of analysis of curriculum, students and media. Design stage to design a color comic media. Develop stages to produce a valid and practise color comics media which carried out in several stages: validation by 6 validators, revision of colored comic and practicality test by 40 eighth grade students and 1 teacher at SMP 2 Padang. To collect the data used questionnaire of validity and practicality. Then, the data were analyzed with descriptive analysis.

The research has been done has produced colored comics media on the human digestive system material for junior valid and practical. Results of the validity test is 3.45 with a valid category, while the level of practicality by students and teachers in a row is 90.63% and 91.00% with a category of highly practical.

Keywords: colored comic, validity, practicality.

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