Development of Adobe Flash as a media for learning Pythagoras Theorem in first State Junior High Schools

Abstract

Abstract This development research aims to determine the results of the development of Adobe Flash as a medium for learning the Pythagorean theorem for class VIII SMP. The product resulting from this research is in the form of learning media on Pythagorean theorem material with several sub-discussions, namely using the Pythagorean theorem to calculate the length of one side of a triangle if the other two sides are known, calculating the ratio of sides in a right triangle with angles of 300 and 600, and calculating the ratio of the sides of a right triangle with an angle of 450. The development model used in this study refers to the model developed by Sivasailam Thiagarajan, Dorothy S. Semmel, and Melvyn I. Semmel in 1974, namely the 4D model. This model consists of four stages of development namely define, design, develop, and disseminate or abbreviated as 4D. The results of this development research were obtained as follows: First, the validation stage by 3 expert validators covering aspects of programming, content (material), and display obtained an average expert validation result of 4.19 indicating that learning media (products) are in the "valid" category. ”. Second, the trial phase is limited to students' responses to learning media and an average result of 89.167% is obtained which indicates that the learning media (product) is in the "very good" category. Third, the field test stage on average students gave a response of 87% indicating that the learning media (product) was in the "very good" category. The average pre-test result was 76.25 while the post-test average result was 86.27. There is a significant difference between the average results of the pre-test and post-test data. This result is reinforced by the results of the calculation of the related sample t-test with SPSS 16 software, the value of Sig. (2-tailed) = 0.000 < 0.05 = ????. Based on the results obtained from the stages that have been taken, it shows that the use of product development is "effective" in learning mathematics on the Pythagorean theorem material for class VIII students at SMPN 2 Labuapi