DEVELOPMENT OF INTERACTIVE COMICS BASED ON REALISTIC MATHEMATICS APPROACH TO IMPROVE MATHEMATICAL COMMUNICATION ABILITIES OF STUDENTS OF SMPS MUSDA PERBAUNGAN

This research aims to knowing the validity, practicality, effectivity of the interactive comics based on
realistic mathematics approach to improve mathematical communication abilities of students of SMPS
Musda Perbaungan; and also to finding out the improvement of students' mathematical communication
by using interactive comics based on realistic mathematics approach students of SMPS Musda
Perbaungan. This research is development research that refers to the 4-D development model (define,
design, develop, disseminate) which has been modified to 3-D. The research sample was the seventh
grade students of SMPS Musda Perbaungan, Serdang Bedagai. The results showed that: (1) Interactive
Comics that have been developed meet the validity with an average of 3.615 and obtain a valid category,
(2) In terms of practicality, the percentage of student response questionnaires to interactive comics
developed with the Realistic Mathematics Approach is 94.5% with a practical (positive) category and
the percentage of teacher response questionnaires is 88.125% with a practical (positive) category (4)
Interactive comics developed have also met the effectiveness criteria with individual completeness of
88.58 and classical completeness of student learning of 86.79% with average of gain result is 0.726940
with high category. Overall, the result of the research was found to be an effective interactive comic in
teaching and learning activities to improve students' mathematical communication ability.