PENGEMBANGAN MEDIA KOMIK DIGITALUNTUK MENINGKATKAN KETERAMPILAN MEMBACA PEMAHAMANSISWAKELASVSEKOLAHDASAR

Abstract

This research was motivated by the results of field observations at a Kuningan Regency State Elementary School which showed the condition of reading comprehension skills of fifth grade elementary school students who still did not understand the conclusions of the readings they had read and the absence of special learning media for reading comprehension. Referring to this, this research aims to: (1) describe the development design of Digital Comic Media; (2) describe the results of the media development; and (3) describe the results of the validity of the media. This research uses a development research method with the ADDIE model (analyze, design, develop, implement, and evaluate). The stages of the research carried out include: (1) the analysis stage; (2) design stage; (3) development stage; (4) implementation stage; (5) and evaluation stage. Data were collected through work logs for data analysis, design, product manufacturing, questionnaire techniques for expert validation data, and interview techniques for student interview data. Participants were determined using purposive sampling consisting of material experts, media experts, and fifth grade elementary school students. In processing the data, data analysis of the Miles and Huberman models was carried out in the form of data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. The results and discussion of this development research resulted in a draft of the media design that was developed including (1) GBPM; (2) flowcharts; (3) storylines; and produced learning media products, namely Digital Comic Media. This digital comic product was validated by material experts, and media experts were categorized as "Very Eligible" with development revisions referring to expert suggestions for improvement. Thus, the implication of this research is that the Digital Comic Media developed is feasible and can be used by educators and students as a medium for learning explanatory text material to improve reading comprehension skills of fifth grade elementary school students.