Development of Physic Ebook Using Multi Representation Oriented On Analytical Problem-Solving Skills in Senior High School Student
Nur Fadhillah, Parlindungan Sinaga, Muslim
Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
Abstract
This research aimed to develop a multi representation physic ebook, which oriented on analytic and interactive problem-solving skills in high school students. The research method used is Research and Development (R&D). While the multi representation teaching material writing model was used on the development of the ebook content, the ebook application itself was build using the App Builder on BuildFire website. The research was conducted in one of Tangerang public schools and attended by 60 students. Several data collection method was used as follow: 1) Expert judgment on ebook validation process, 2) Comprehensibility test using discourse main idea check, 3) Analytic problem-solving skill test using essay question sets, 4) hypothesis testing and effect size measurement, 5) observation on student perceptions through student responses on ebook implementation questionnaire. Expert judgement shows that the ebook has very good quality criteria. The comprehensibility test show that the readability of the discourse is on the medium and high criteria. Based on the N-gain calculation, the analytical problem-solving skill improvement is on medium criteria. It is known through the hypothesis test that there are gaps on problem-solving skills between student whose study using the ebook and the ones using the Electronic School Books. The effect size measurement shows large effect criteria on the effectiveness of the ebook. Students responses on the ebook shows that almost every student agreed to positive statement on the ebook and disagreed to negative statement on the ebook.
Keywords: Senior high school ebook, Multi representation, Analytical Problem Solving skill
Topic: Physics Education