THE DEVELOPMENT OF A WHEEL SPIN ON INTERPERSONAL TEXT IN GRADE 7

The purpose of this study was to develop a wheel spin on interpersonal text in
grade 7. This study was conducted by using Research and Development (R&D)
design through three stages; 1) evaluation and need analysis, 2) developing
learning media, 3) media validation. The source of data in this research is from
questionnaire sheet, expert, and documentary. The data were collected by
observing, interview, questionnaire, and literature review. The instrument of
collecting data were used transcripts and questionnaires. The data were analyzed
by descriptive qualitative. The results of the study by analyzing the evaluation of
existing learning media, that 80% of students are not satisfied with the media used
by the teacher, by analyzing the student needed; shows that 100% students
strongly needed interesting learning media and the result of validation media was
90,5. It belongs to Excellent based on Dirgeyasa (2011) since the range of
percentage is (90-100). Based on the validation and expert reviews, the Wheel
Spin that was developed is feasible and suitable for learning Interpersonal texts
for class VII. The final score, calculated from 5 aspects of validation, Wheel Spin
obtained an average of 90.5 from both experts.