DEVELOPING THE ACCOUNTING POCKET BOOK TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION ON TOPIC ADJUSTMENT ENTRIES

Abstract

This research aims to: develop the Accounting Pocket Book for grade X of Accounting program in SMK Muhammadiyah 1 Yogyakarta on basic competence Writing Adjustment Entries of Service Enterprises. This research aims to identify the improvement of students’ learning motivation by looking at media suitability aspects according to the evaluation by the material expert, media expert and students through media visualization, material, and learning design aspects. This research is Research and Development (R&D) adapted from a development model ADDIE. The results of the research showed five stages of the making of the Accounting Pocket Book, they were: 1) Analysis, 2) Design, 3) Development, 4) Implementation, and 5) Evaluation. The level of the suitability of the Accounting Pocket Book according to the assessment was: 1) by the material expert, the mean score was 4.65 with category Very Suitable, 2) by the media expert, the mean score was 4.57 with category Very Suitable, The suitability assessment done by the students gained mean score 3.81 with category Suitable. In paired sample t-test, t-hitung was -19.650 with sig. 0.000 showing that the assessment was significant. In conclusion, the Accounting Pocket Book can improve the students’ learning motivation.

Keywords:   Accounting Pocket Book Learning Media, Adjustment Entries, Students’ Motivation, ADDIE.