The development of interactive multimedia-based instructional media for elementary school in learning social sciences

Abstract

This research is motivated by inappropriate instructional media used in learning social science for elementary school students. For instance, the images used as instructional media are not clearly visible and do not match in the size. This study aims to develop valid, practical, and effective interactive multimedia-based instructional media in social studies learning. This type of research is Research and Development (R & D) research using the four-D (4D) development model which consists of four stages; define, design, development, and disseminate. The media developed is in the form of interactive multimedia-based instructional media for social studies learning in elementary school. The results showed that: (1) the validity test by three validators in the three aspects which are media, material, and language are in the very good category, (2) the practicality test of the instructional media by the teacher and students are in very good category, and (3) the effectiveness test in the form of learning outcomes for the cognitive domain is in an average score which can be stated as the very good category, while the affective and psychomotor aspects are in the good category with a percentage 85% of 20 students. Thus, it can be concluded that the interactive multimedia-based instructional media is very valid, practical, and effective to be used in learning social studies for elementary school students.