THE DEVELOPMENT OF PHYSICS MANUAL BOOK AND EXPERIMENT SETS

Abstract

A physics experiment sets and manual books was developed and created based on Discovery Inquiry learning method for students in Junior High School. This study aims to design and construct manual books and experiment sets of mechanics, heat, electric and optics as its topic. The effectiveness of the manual books and experiment sets are tested on the ability to understand the manual books and the skills used in the set experiment. The research method used is research and development with two stages which are theoretical and empirical. From the result of the validation test, small-scale field test, and large-scale field test, it can be concluded that the manual books and experiment set is appropriate to be tested widely (implementation). Based on the implementation of 20 students of education program and three senior high school in Jakarta shows that the user feels easy and understandable using the manual since it has easy language, EYD-compliant spelling, equipped with drawing tools and instructions of set experiments. Simple experiment set is perceived by user as user friendly, portability, as well as safe to be used independently.

Keywords: Manual books, Experiment Sets, Mechanics, Heat, Optics, Electric