Would Students Learn Better with Media?

Abstract

This article presents the application of multimedia product of physics learning of kinematics material of straight motion to help improve students’ Physics learning outcomes. Using multimedia can help students to understand the material in the form of facts, concepts, principles, or certain procedures to be real or concrete. This research applied ADDIE (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation) model. The validity of the product was done by the material and media experts at the development stage to determine the level of qualification before applying into field trial. Field trials were conducted on 30 science students grade X in one of the senior high schools in North Minahasa. The results of field trials with 5 indicators indicated the percentage of product which is 88.89% and classical completeness of the material comprehension test which is 83.3%. These results stated that product development is good in qualification and therefore good to be used in learning. To test the result of learning improvement, we used the onesample statistical test with SPSS 17.0 software application with the results in which tCount = 4.723> ttable = 1.699. Thus, with 5% significance it is concluded that there is a significant increase in learning outcomes by using this developed media. Product revisions after field trials are conducted based on student suggestions and feedback.