Achievements during the Pandemic, Mathematics Students Won the National Essay Competition


Mayang Purbaningrum and Intan Fatimah Ahmada
With the Covid-19 pandemic ongoing for the past six months, there is a need for innovation in online learning. One of the innovations proposed by students of mathematics education study program, mathematics department of the University of Surabaya is to develop an interactive magazine. This interactive magazine succeeded in making Mayang Purbaningrum and Intan Fatimah Ahmada win 1st place in an essay held by Sebelas Maret University (UNS), with the title of the essay "Main (Interactive Magazine) Mathematics as a Fun Learning Solution in Pandemic Era".
Mayang and Intan got information about this competition from Instagram , with registration time of July 20 - September 20 2020 and announcement time of October 11, 2020. Their motivation for participating in this competition was to fill their free time during semester breaks by working to create innovations based on problems encountered in the field. To participate in this competition, Mayang and Intan were guided by Mr. Ahmad Wachidul Kohar, M.Pd. During this competition, Mayang and Intan claimed to have gained insights on how to write correctly and felt that the support of the lecturers in writing guidance was good.
The essay- making process begins with the search for suitable learning media during the pandemic via the internet. Mayang and Intan found that electronic magazines are a suitable medium, but so far have only been PDFs. In order to innovate for online learning, Mayang and Intan created an interactive magazine equipped with videos, songs, word arranging games and crossword puzzles (TTS), which are expected to motivate students during learning. The applications used to create this electronic magazine are Corel Draw, Flip PDF Corporate , and Web to Apk .
Mayang Purbaningrum and Intan Fatimah Ahmada
With the Covid-19 pandemic ongoing for the past six months, there is a need for innovation in online learning. One of the innovations proposed by students of mathematics education study program, mathematics department of the University of Surabaya is to develop an interactive magazine. This interactive magazine succeeded in making Mayang Purbaningrum and Intan Fatimah Ahmada win 1st place in an essay held by Sebelas Maret University (UNS), with the title of the essay "Main (Interactive Magazine) Mathematics as a Fun Learning Solution in Pandemic Era".
Mayang and Intan got information about this competition from Instagram , with registration time of July 20 - September 20 2020 and announcement time of October 11, 2020. Their motivation for participating in this competition was to fill their free time during semester breaks by working to create innovations based on problems encountered in the field. To participate in this competition, Mayang and Intan were guided by Mr. Ahmad Wachidul Kohar, M.Pd. During this competition, Mayang and Intan claimed to have gained insights on how to write correctly and felt that the support of the lecturers in writing guidance was good.
The essay- making process begins with the search for suitable learning media during the pandemic via the internet. Mayang and Intan found that electronic magazines are a suitable medium, but so far have only been PDFs. In order to innovate for online learning, Mayang and Intan created an interactive magazine equipped with videos, songs, word arranging games and crossword puzzles (TTS), which are expected to motivate students during learning. The applications used to create this electronic magazine are Corel Draw, Flip PDF Corporate , and Web to Apk .