Development of Electronic Modules Based on Critical Thinking Skills on Vibration, Waves, and Sound Materials for Junior High School Students

Abstract

Electronic learning resources are needed in accordance with the demands of basic competencies in learning and can be used by teachers and students as a means of independent learning at home or at school. This study aims to develop an electronic module on the material of vibration, waves and sound that is valid and practical. The Rowntree development model used consists of three stages, namely planning, development and evaluation stages. At the evaluation stage, the researcher used the Tessmer evaluation stage, which consisted of the self-evaluation, expert review, one-to-one evaluation, and small group evaluation stages. The research subjects were students of class VIII.2 SMP N 1 Prabumulih. The research instrument used was observation, student needs questionnaire, expert validation questionnaire and student perception questionnaire. The data analysis technique used walkthrough and questionnaire methods. The resulting product is an electronic module of vibration, wave and sound material using the Flip PDF Professional program. The results of the research show: 1) the development of an electronic module based on critical thinking skills has been carried out through a development procedure that includes 3 stages. 2) the acquisition of the research results obtained content validation of 4.50 (strong valid), content validation of critical thinking skills of 4.61 (strong valid), design validation of 4.72 (strong valid), and language validation of 4 .50 (strong valid). So, the total average of the results of the content validation assessment, the content of critical thinking skills, design, and language is 4.60 including the "strong valid" category. 3) To produce a practical electronic module with research results, the average results of the assessment of student responses in the one-to-one evaluation stage is 4.55 with the "Extremely useful" category and the average results of the assessment of student responses in the questionnaire are the small group evaluation stage is 4.60 with the "Extremely useful" category. The electronic module based on critical thinking on vibration, waves and sound material that has been developed is suitable for use as teaching material for class VIII junior high school students.

Analysis of Critical Thinking Skills Improvement Through App Inventor-based Learning Media on Sound Wave Topic

“…The experimental class has the lowest n-gain of 0.58 on the evaluation indicator because students have difficulty evaluating statements using physics concepts in solving problems. Evaluation skills are required to distinguish relevant and irrelevant information and solve problems with the right formula [34]. Application in everyday life through the development of questions [35] using physics concepts in learning can improve critical thinking skills [23].…”

“…Evaluating can be trained by solving problems by calculating the concept of sound waves [19,34]. The control class has the lowest n-gain of 0.2 on the self-regulation indicator because the Google Classroom media is challenging to monitor learning activities in managing students.…”

“…Lack of Google Classroom, students have difficulty doing their assignments, and teachers have difficulty monitoring students' work in doing assignments [36][37][38]. Overcoming so that it is not low on self-regulation, assigning tasks to get additional point [34].…”

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“…Alfian et al (2019) said the development of software-based media or software must include maintainability in the form of analyzability and changeability, portability, namely testing in running applications on several types of devices and usability. Based on these assessments, it can be stated that interactive digital teaching modules in terms of language, material and design are feasible to try out (Alfian et al, 2019;Jatmiko et al, 2022;Marlina et al, 2022;Prabasari & Wahyuningsih, 2021).…”

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“…Electronic modules can be an option because students can learn independently without depending on others, adjust to science and technology, and be used anywhere and anytime, regardless of time (Daryanto, 2013). Electronic modules are a solution that can present learning material thoroughly with a combination of various media such as audio, text, images, and video (Marlina et al, 2022) and can be accessed on a computer or mobile phone as a whole and systematically (Astalini et al, 2021;Herdiana et al, 2021).…”