Development of an Augmented Reality Media on Natural Phenomena to Enhance Eighth-Grade Students’ Skills in Presenting Explanatory Texts
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https://doi.org/10.17977/um065.v7.i4.2027.14Keywords:
Augmented reality, Explanatory text, Presentation skillsAbstract
Learning explanatory texts requires students to understand phenomena and processes and to communicate them systematically, yet conventional learning media provide limited opportunities for concrete, sequential visualization. Aims and scope of paper: This study aims to develop augmented reality (AR) learning media containing natural phenomena to support students' learning of explanatory texts and oral presentation skills. The study employed a research and development approach through needs analysis, media development, and expert validation. The needs analysis involved 58 students and two Indonesian language teachers from two junior high schools. At the same time, the developed media were evaluated for material and media aspects using a five-point validation scale. The needs analysis indicated that students required visual, realistic, three-dimensional, and sequential representations of natural phenomena to support their understanding and presentation activities. The developed media integrated interactivity and constructivism, as well as principles of signaling, spatial and temporal contiguity, segmentation, and personalization. Validation results showed that the material aspect had an average score of 3.81 (76.2%), categorized as valid, while the media aspect had an average score of 3.76 (75.2%), also categorized as valid. Conclusion: The developed AR learning media meet the validity criteria for material and media aspects and can proceed to the next stage of testing. Further research is needed to examine its practicality and effectiveness in supporting students' explanatory text presentation skills.
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