The Urgency of Implementing Interactive Multimedia to Meet Students' Needs in Mathematics Learning at Elementary Schools

Rieke Alyusfitri, Ira Rahmayuni Jusar, Zuriati Zuriati, Wiki Wijaya, Diah Aprilia

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Mathematics is often considered a difficult and abstract subject for elementary school students. This can lead to a lack of understanding among students regarding the concepts being studied, which ultimately affects their learning outcomes negatively. To address this issue, the use of interactive multimedia in mathematics education has become an urgent necessity. The research was conducted in three different elementary schools with a total of 60 student subjects. In this study, activities were conducted to analyze and describe the needs of students regarding the use of interactive multimedia in elementary schools. The research method is qualitative descriptive, which describes phenomena based on the situation by conducting in-depth observation and data analysis of teachers and students. Based on the needs analysis questionnaire, it was found that the average percentage value is 75.5%. This indicates that more than half of the students require interactive multimedia. The research results show that interactive multimedia has the potential to change the way students learn, by combining interactive content and features that can help students understand abstract mathematical concepts more concretely and easily. The application of interactive multimedia in elementary school mathematics education helps to facilitate interaction between educators and students, making the learning activities more effective and efficient in improving the quality of education.

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Elementary school, Interactive Multimedia, Mathematics learning.

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