Development of animation-based learning media to increase student’s motivation in learning physics

Abstract The difficulty of students in understanding concepts in physics has a significant effect on students’ motivation. The purpose of this study is to develop animation media that make students easier to understand the abstract concept of Newton’s law and find out students’ responses to the use of instructional media. The 4D framework is used to develop animation-based learning media, which consists of four-phase, namely: define, design, develop, and disseminate. The instruments used are a questionnaire and interviews. The results showed that (1) Based on expert judgment Animation-based learning media was appropriate and feasible to be implemented in the physics class; (2) used of media animation in learning physics could facilitate students in understanding the abstract concept of Newton’s Law, especially in describing the direction of the force and gave opportunity to the student’s to increase their motivation to learning physics where average score of the motivation was 70% in the “High” category.