A CONCEPT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA FOR DEAF STUDENTS BASED ON INQUIRY-BASED LEARNING MODEL

Abstract

Everyone, including deaf children, is entitled to the right of education. Deaf children have difficulties in developing cognitive abilities, linguistic skills, and reading comprehension. Therefore, this study was aimed to develop a concept and implementation of instructional media for deaf children to be implemented in inquiry-based learning interactive multimedia. The design of this media took account of 24 characteristics of multimedia for deaf students. The experiment was carried out at the special school for disability students (i.e., Sekolah Luar Biasa (SLB) in Bahasa) Negeri Beringin Purwakarta, Indonesia, involving five fourth grade special students as the research subjects. The result of the experiment was then analyzed using a qualitative method. It was revealed that students’ scores, perceptions of the media, feelings during and after the use of the media, and average attention spans were very good. Based on the results obtained during experiment, the developed media was proven to have positive impacts on the deaf children.

Keywords

• Deaf children
• Inquiry-based learning
• Instructional media
• Characteristics of multimedia for deaf students