Journal of Research in Instructional
Vol. 6 No. 2 (2026): Journal of Research in Instructional

Development of a supplementary book based on research of the ground kangaroo (Dorcopsis luctuosa) for biology students in higher education

Febelina Febriana Sremere (Universitas Papua, Indonesia)
Silvia Hanna Kusuma Sirait (Universitas Papua, Indonesia)
Iwan Iwan (Universitas Papua, Indonesia)



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Publish Date
31 Jul 2026

Abstract

This research aimed to develop a research-based supplementary book on ground kangaroos (Dorcopsis luctuosa) as teaching material for the Mammalogy course. The study used the Research and Development (R&D) method with the ADDIE model. The subjects were Biology Education students from the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, University of Papua, who were taking the Mammalogy and New Guinea Biota Conservation course. The research instruments included an expert validation sheet, a student response questionnaire, and learning outcome tests (pre-test and post-test). The expert validation results showed an average percentage of 81.35%, categorized as highly valid. Student responses averaged 92.43%, categorized as highly practical. The supplementary book effectively improved students' learning outcomes from an average pre-test score of 64.55 to a post-test score of 95.58, with an N-Gain value of 0.88. Therefore, the supplementary book based on ground kangaroo (Dorcopsis luctuosa) research is suitable for use as supporting teaching material in the Mammalogy and New Guinea Biota Conservation course.

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Journal of Research in Instructional is an Open Access Journal published by the Universitas Papua. Journal of Research in Instructional is regularly published bi-annually. By publishing bi-annually: June and December Journal of Research in Instructional is intended to communicate original researches ...