Developing Teaching Materials on Writing Fable Texts Based on Local Culture for Grade Vii Students at Smp Negeri 3 Medang Deras Batu Bara Regency (Published)
This research aimed to: (1) describe the process of developing teaching material fable based on local culture for class VII students of SMP Negeri 3 Medang Deras, Batu Bara Regency; (2) describe the feasibility of teaching material writing fable texts based on local culture developed; and (3) describe the feasibility of teaching materials writing fable texts based on local culture developed. The type of this research was research and development using the development model of Borg and Gall. Data was collected through expert validation, questionnaires distributed to students. Assessment instruments for validators, individual trials, small groups, and limited field groups were made in the form of a Likert scale which had been given scores. Data were analyzed descriptively quantitatively. The research findings were: (1) Developing teaching materials was based on research and gathering preliminary information, planning, developing initial product, validation of material content and design, product revision, assessment and advice from language teachers and students, revision, individual trials, revision, small group trials, revision, limited trial field, revisions until the product was valid and feasible to use (2) The validation result of all aspects from the material expert was 86.43%, the validation from the learning design experts was an average of 94.76%, teachers’ responses to teaching material fable text developed based on local culture had an average percentage of 90%, and average percentage of students’ responses was 93.13% with a very good category; (3) The effectiveness of using fable text material module developed based on local culture in Batu Bara district was 85.67 and the effectiveness of the textbook was 70.5. Thus, teaching materials in the form of fable text material module developed based on the local culture in Batu Bara district were declared feasible, effective, and meeting the needs with overall criteria “very good”.
Keywords: Fable Text, Local Culture, Teaching Materials
Development of Fable Text Writing Teaching Materials Containing Character Education With Contextual Approach to Students Class Vii Smp Negeri 2 Kabanjahe (Published)
This study aims to describe (1) the need of teaching materials to write fable text writing material containing character education with contextual approach, (2) the feasibility of teaching material to write fable text writing material containing characteristic education with contextual approach, (3) test result of writing fable text containing character education with contextual approach. This type of research is research and development based on Borg & Gall development model. The subjects of this study consist of material experts, design experts, Indonesian teachers, and students on individual trials amounted to 3 students, small group trials amounted to 9 students, field trials of 32 students of students class VII SMP Negeri 2 Kabanjahe. Expert material validation results include the content feasibility component with an average of 91.66% on very good criteria, presentation feasibility obtained an average score of 96.25% on very good criteria, language eligibility obtained an average score of 95, 83% on the criteria on very good, and the contextual feasibility obtained an average score of 84.72% on very good criteria. The design expert’s validation results include the module size component having an average score of 100% on very good criteria, the module cover design has an average score of 78.57% on good criteria, and the module content design has an average score of 83.33% on very good criteria. Individual test results obtained an average score of 80.06% on good criteria. The results of small group trial obtained an average score of 87.46% on very good criteria. The result of limited field trial obtained an average score of 93.61% on very good criteria. Student learning outcomes before using the the material with an average score of 65,71% on good criteria and students’ learning outcomes after using the teaching materials averaging 81.25% on very good criteria. Thus, teaching materials to write fable text material containing character education with contextual approach that has been developed is feasible for use in the learning process as a source of student learning.
Keywords: Contextual Approach, Fable Text, Teaching Material