Development of a teaching media: Powtoon as a learning media for arithmetic

Abstract

Mathematics is a fundamental science that characterizes the advancement of modern technology. Powtoons are used to explain mathematical concepts attractively, to students' conceptual understanding of mathematics. This study explores how media developed using the Powtoon application can enhance students' understanding of mathematical concepts. This study used the research and development (R & D) method with the ADDIE model. Furthermore, data was obtained from 30 students in a Junior High school. The instruments used include a validation sheet of teaching materials, teacher and student practicality assessment sheets, and tests of students' mathematical understanding abilities. The overall data obtained indicated that students' responses to Powtoon media are good. Based on observations, students like it, but there are a small number of students who feel stiff when learning with Powtoon media. Meanwhile, the teacher's response was high, and this indicated that the teacher felt very helped by the presence of Media Powtoon. In the limited trial phase, the results of teacher and student assessments generally gave practicality assessments, with an average being in the "practical" category. Meanwhile, in the field trial, the result showed that mathematical understanding ability was significantly better than the average pretest. Keywords: ADDIE models; arithmetic material; learning technologies; mathematical understanding; Powtoon media.