Powtoon Media: Can It Improve Student Achievement in Accounting?

Monica Hapsari Pambayun; Siswandari; Cicilia Dyah Sulistyaningrum

Vol-6,Issue-4,July - August 2021

Author: Monica Hapsari Pambayun, Siswandari, Cicilia Dyah Sulistyaningrum

Keywords: Powton Media, Learning Achievement.

Abstract: The world of education with all its challenges requires a teacher to be able to make students interpret learning materials more easily so that student learning achievement increases, one of which is through innovative learning media. The purpose of this research was to improve the learning achievement of students of tenth-grade Accounting and Finance at SMK Kristen Surakarta. The number of students in this class was 32 people who were all taken as subjects in this study. Classroom action research was adopted for this research with qualitative and quantitative data analysis techniques. Research data were collected through tests, observations, interviews, and documentation. Test the validity of the data used was content validity and triangulation. The success of the action is indicated if 75% of the students have a score > 76. It is concluded from this study that the powtoon media succeeded in increasing the learning achievement of students in grade tenth, Accounting, and Finance. This finding is evidenced by an increase in the proportion of students who score >76. The proportion of students who scored > 76 in the pre-action was 56% which then increased to 72% in cycle I and 84% in cycle II.

Article Info: Received: 20 Jul 2021; Received in revised form: 15 Aug 2021; Accepted: 21 Aug 2021; Available online: 27 Aug 2021

DOI: 10.22161/ijels.64.44