Implementation of Illustrated Story Digital Book Media on Reading Skills and Understanding Moral Values of Grade II Students of Timbulharjo Elementary School Bantul Yogyakarta

Abstract

This research aims to: 1) Describe the implementation of digital picture book media in understanding moral values through students' reading comprehension skills; 2) Describe the support for understanding moral values through the application of digital picture book media; 3) Describe the application of digital picture book media on students' reading comprehension skills; 4) Describe the application of digital picture story books on students' understanding of moral values; and 5) Describe the inhibiting and supporting factors in understanding moral values through the application of digital picture book media. This is a descriptive qualitative study. The media used were digital picture books. The research subjects were second-grade students and teachers at SDN Timbulharjo Bantul Yogyakarta. The object of the study was the digital picture book media. Data were collected through observation, interviews, and documentation. The instruments used were observation sheets and interview sheets. Data analysis employed the interactive technique of Miles and Huberman. The research results indicate that: 1) The implementation of digital picture book media in reading comprehension of moral values involves the teacher's role in guiding literacy; 2) The application of digital picture book media in imparting moral values is supported by the teacher's methods and the combination of illustrations and narrative texts, which facilitate understanding the story content and support students' reading skills; 3) Students' reading comprehension abilities through digital picture book media vary, as shown by their performance on reading comprehension indicators; 4) Students' understanding of moral values after implementing digital picture book media focuses more on moral values and concepts that cannot be explicitly expressed; 5) Inhibiting factors in understanding moral values through digital picture book media include the small font size of character dialogue texts, while illustrations and narrative texts in digital picture books support understanding moral values.