The Development of Covid 19 Themed Mathematical Comic as Learning Media on Decimal Fraction Learning for 5th Grade Elementary School Students

Abstract

Covid 19 themed mathematical comic as a learning media is developed to help elementary school students to study at home independently. The mathematical comic is a learning media in the form of a book that contains of pictorial or illustrated writings which are expected to attract students’ interest to read it and get information related to decimal fraction learning associated to the handling of covid 19 cases. This covid 19 themed comic tells a story about Mr. Dolah’s family consisting of Mrs. Minah as his wife, and his two children, Siti and Atan in making throat-warming drink using herbal ingredients such as ginger, betel leaf, and brown sugar. Then, the story is associated with decimal fraction learning for grade 5th elementary school students. The development of this comic as learning media applies the R & D (Research and Development) and 4D model (Define, Design, Develop, Disseminate) as the research method. Based on the validator assessment result, the average value is 27 with a percentage of 84.43 and categorized as very feasible. Furthermore, the students’ responses to this mathematical comic obtained a score of 82.50 with a very good category. It can be concluded that this covid19-themed mathematical comic is very feasible to use and gets a very good response from students.