Design of Digital Teaching Materials of Persuasion Text for Distance Learning in Junior High School 2 Weru, Cirebon, Indonesia During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

This study aims to obtain digital teaching materials of persuasion texts to reduce the occurrence of learning loss, as the impact of distance learning and physical distancing policies to prevent the spread of COVID-19 that implemented in Junior High School and other schools in Indonesia. Learning loss occurs because students do not get teaching materials that can be studied independently. This digital teaching material of Persuasion Text, designed as Autonomous Learning Materials (ALM) is suitable for distance learning. The design of teaching materials is carried out using Research and development (R&D). The stages of teaching material include three main steps; preliminary research phase; design or prototyping phase; and the assessment phase. The results of the development are; (1) obtain a design of digital teaching material of persuasive text that can be downloaded from google drive or youtube channel via quick response code (QR Code) on a smartphone; (2) the application of digital teaching materials for persuasion texts for online learning can help 82% of students achieve learning goals, namely achieving scores above the Minimum Completeness Criteria/Kriteria Ketuntasan Minimal (KKM); (3) the responses about the application of persuasive text digital teaching materials for online learning are 81% of students stated that these teaching materials can help students achieve learning goals, are very interesting, and could practice writing skills. These results indicate that the digital teaching materials of persuasion texts are effective and feasible to use for teaching and learning activity.