A Module on News Text Writing Development with Mind Mapping Techniques for VIII Grade Junior High School/Madrasah Tsanawiyah Students

DOI

10.2991/icille-18.2019.14How to use a DOI?

Keywords

development, module, mind mapping, junior highschool students

Abstract

The main motive of this study is to describe the Indonesian subject learning especially news writing in junior high school, develop news writing module teaching materials with mind mapping techniques for VIII grade junior high school/madrasa tsanawiya (MTs) students, and describe the feasibility of news writing module teaching materials using mind mapping techniques for VIII grade junior high school/ MTs students. Research and development of this module refers to Research and Development (R&D) from Borg and Gall. The steps include (1) potential and problems, (2) gathering information, (3) product design, (4) design validation, (5) design revision, (6) product testing, (7) product revision, (8) product trials, (9) product revisions, (10) mass production. Data were obtained from interviews with Indonesian language teachers and questionnaires, as well as product validation, and limited student trials. The results of the study are as follows. First, an illustration of learning to write news texts still requires innovation. Secondly, the development of the Mari Menulis Berita Menggunakan Peta Konsep (Let's Write News Text Using Mind Mapping Concept) for VIII Grade Junior High School / Mts Students is assessed for its feasibility in aspects of content / material, presentation, language, and graphics. Third, the feasibility of writing a news text module on aspects of content / material gained an average score 4.31 with the category of "very good", the aspect of the presentation gained an average score of 4.25 with the category of "very good", aspects of language scored on average 4.33 with the "very good" category, and the graphic aspect gained an average score of 4.12 with the "good" category. The score is accumulated and produces an average score of 4.25 with a percentage of eligibility of 85%. So, the Let's Write News Text Using Mind Mapping Concept Module for VIII grade junior high school / MTs Students is very suitable for use.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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