ALGATIKA: MATHEMATICS PRIVATE LENDING APPLICATIONS AS AN EFFORT TO INCREASE STUDENTS LEARNING INTEREST IN MATHEMATICS LEARNING

In the era of sustainable development, education is a fundamental right for everyone. Education is a process of helping humans develop themselves so that they can face all problems with an open attitude. One way to help students clarify the concepts and understanding of mathematics that is being studied during the learning process is by using teaching aids. Teaching aids serve to facilitate the purpose of implementing learning in schools. However, the fact is that the use of mathematics teaching aids during learning at school is not yet entrenched, especially in areas far from urban areas, many of which do not have teaching aids. This directly impacts students' lack of understanding and learning experience, resulting in low student learning outcomes. This paper will introduce ALGATIKA, an application of lending mathematics teaching aids for elementary and junior high schools which can later solve these problems. The research methodology used is a qualitative descriptive method by deepening the material through literature studies. The result is that the lack of teaching aids in some schools can be overcome by the ALGATIKA application of lending mathematics teaching aids in elementary and junior high schools. Thus this application can help provide the teaching aids needed to build and improve educational facilities and provide an effective learning environment for all. It can develop students' teaching and learning processes and create higher quality education which leads to relevant and effective learning outcomes in accordance with the targets of the SDG's in education.


INTRODUCTION
Based on KBBI, education is the process of changing attitudes or the process of self-development and behavior of a person or group of people to mature humans through teaching and training efforts so that they can face all problems with an open attitude. As stated in the goals of national education which have been formulated that: National education aims to educate the nation's life and develop Indonesian people as a whole. An educational institution must realize that a student's success in learning at school can be seen from the availability of complete educational facilities to support the teaching and learning process.
Based on Government Regulation No: 19 of 2005 in chapter VII article 42, paragraph 1 states that: every educational unit is required to have facilities which include furniture, educational equipment, educational media, learning resources or other references apart from books, disposable equipment, and other equipment needed to support regular and sustainable teaching and learning activities. In order for this success to be achieved in the learning process, it requires media or props that can improve the process and learning outcomes in accordance with the level of thinking of students.
In international journals, the results of analysis and research, several things are formulated that show the difficulties of elementary school students in solving problems related to mathematics based on student survey tests 1) students do not like very long explanations related to questions, 2) students do not understand the problems that exist. In the questions, and the average student will only guess without thinking about where it came from, 3) students' impatience and dislike of reading, 4) unable to express opinions optimally, and 5) students are still confused about how to change the story problem to become a symbol. (Prathana Phonapichat, 2013) According to Nasution (2003: 100), teaching aids support teaching tools to be more effective.
The visual aid serves to demonstrate a subject in the teaching and learning process. One of them is in the mathematics learning process. The teaching aid itself has an important meaning in learning mathematics because it is related to abstraction or requires other media. In the elementary school mathematics learning guidelines issued by the Ministry of National Education (2010), it is stated that in elementary school mathematics learning, using concrete objects as teaching aids is indispensable in naming concepts so that students understand mathematical concepts/principles more easily and quickly.
Quoted from the journal Development of teaching aids in improving mathematics learning abilities in children with ADHD: Limitations of teaching aids, especially Mathematics in schools, are a major obstacle for teachers in conveying and imparting a Mathematical concept. Quoted from the Siliwangi dedication journal, volume 4, number 2, 2018, the number of teaching aids, especially mathematics teaching aids, is currently very minimal in schools because government assistance in the form of procurement of mathematics teaching aids is very rare. Aid to schools is currently in liquid funds known as School Operational Assistance (BOS) which can be used to buy teaching aids in certain shops that provide various learning media. However, the problem faced by schools in remote areas is the absence of a complete shop that provides various mathematics teaching aids. On the other hand, Sari S.R., et al., Algatika: Mathematics Private … 3 JMME page 1-13 campuses or even some well-known schools have extra teaching aids that are rarely used and sometimes no longer used because of new teaching aids.
The availability of teaching aids is one of the most important things to help the learning process so that the results obtained are maximized. If things like this are allowed to continue, it will decrease students' quality because the learning process they follow does not develop their level of understanding. Therefore, every school should have teaching aids that can be used. We can use increasingly sophisticated technology today to make something that can help provide teaching aids in schools in need. In order to create a solution to the problems that occur above, the author introduces an application for lending mathematics teaching aids for elementary and junior high schools, which can later be used for solving these problems.

Data Collection Methods
A study cannot be separated from the method used in the research because the method is one of the most important things in a study. According to Arikunto (2006: 160), the research method is a method that researchers usually use to collect research data.
This time, the research method used in scientific papers is the qualitative descriptive method by deepening the material through literature study. (Arikunto: 2006) explains that literature study in research collects data by searching for information through books, magazines, newspapers, and other literature that aims to form a theoretical basis. The data collection in scientific papers this time comes from books and journals where the data we use is secondary data.

Data Collection Techniques
The data used in this paper is secondary data from several sources, including research journals that are in accordance with the issues being discussed. The journals used as sources include the journal Barcodes" by Eko Kusnadi, Alfrianus Papuas, and Arifin Tindi.

Data Analysis Techniques
This type of research is a literature study. (Arikunto: 2006) explains that literature study in research collects data by searching for information through books, magazines, newspapers, and other p-ISSN 2089-8878;e-ISSN 2089-8878 Vol. 11, No. 1, June 2021 literature that aims to form a theoretical basis. Researchers carry out this literature study after determining the research topic and determining the formulation of the problem (Darmadi, 2011).

Thinking Framework
The frame of mind is made as shown in Figure 1 below.

Figure 1. Graph of Thinking Framework
Source: Author's Data Processing are looking for other alternative methods to help teach exciting material and promote unique learning.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
In previous research on teaching practice by (Aleandra, et al., 2012) conducted a survey where the learning media used real tools or directly had teaching aids used by mathematics educators.
According to Joni (in Arjanggi, 2012), teaching aids are all forms of objects that are made and deliberately prepared as student learning media to understand or understand the material matter that the teacher is delivering. Teaching aids play an important role as a tool for teachers in the teaching and learning process itself to be more effective.
Based on research conducted by the Journal of Arjangga, in the previous 2012, it was found that in increasing student motivation and improving student learning outcomes itself required a teaching aid.
At the first meeting there were 65% of students had not finished working on the quizzes and at the second meeting found that 92% of the students had completed the quiz. And from the results obtained an increase in the student learning process obtained from the percentage results in each meeting, of course, using real object media.
Based on the journal Polytechnic of North Nusa Tenggara, the application is a ready-to-use program that can be used to carry out commands from the user of the application, aiming to get a more accurate application. Application is a computer program or problem-solving using data processing techniques to run commands from users who aim to obtain more accurate results.

Previous program
Several other innovations are also applying practical lending tools in the department of computer and communication engineering using barcodes. It is explained that the use of barcodes itself makes it easier for laboratory personnel to take notes on borrowing laboratory equipment and is more efficient in terms of time and selecting equipment conditions for these systems using the Visual Basic programming language. NET, and the database itself uses MySQL. In terms of data storage itself, there are personal data from students and lecturers regarding the borrowing of practicum tools and data on practicum tools.
Previously, the National Library of Indonesia offered a digital library application or commonly known as iPusnas. iPusnas itself is a social media-based digital library application that can be downloaded in the play store or app store, which contains an eReader for reading e-books.
Previously, the borrowing of props was still done conventionally or manually and there were still many shortcomings, namely the data storage media still using paper, so it was vulnerable to loss if it had not been archived.
The school teaching aids lending program currently being run, some are still using the loan letter delivered to the intended school and some have started borrowing using a desktop-based props lending system as in the journal written by Faozi, Anosa Nur, published by BSI repository.

Overview
Based on current conditions, there have been significant changes, including in the world of education. During a pandemic like today, schools or educational institutions are forced to move the teaching and learning process from being in classrooms to their homes, of course, limiting a student's activities. Furthermore, students will be more confused about finding the source of information from where, and the existing solution is by using the students' cellphones. By learning to find materials on search sites or other learning applications such as the Teacher Room, Quipper, Zenius, and others.
Moreover, for the teachers themselves, they evaluate students' learning by visiting each student's house.
Alternatively, some teachers are willing to teach their students privately or in groups of only 2-3 people, especially for teachers whose schools are in places where the network connection is not good.
Furthermore, to make it easier for teachers to find learning media such as mathematics teaching aids, the author provides an alternative where current teachers can borrow teaching aids without making them themselves or having to come to school first. Apart from waiting for the Ministry of Education and Culture to publish various guidance materials such as TV programs, posters, books, and other supporting tools needed during face-to-face learning for green zone locations during the pandemic period.
Moreover, to make it easier for teachers to find learning media such as mathematics teaching aids, the author provides an alternative where current teachers can borrow teaching aids without making them themselves or having to come to school first. Apart from waiting for the Ministry of Education and Culture to publish various guidance materials such as TV programs, posters, books, and other supporting tools needed during face-to-face learning for green zone locations during the pandemic period.
Furthermore, to make it easier for teachers to find learning media such as mathematics teaching aids, the author provides an alternative where current teachers can borrow teaching aids without making them themselves or having to come to school first. Apart from waiting for the Ministry of Education and Culture to publish various guidance materials such as TV programs, posters, books, and other supporting tools needed during face-to-face learning for green zone locations during the pandemic period.
The general description of this elementary and junior high school mathematics teaching aid application, is where users can use an application downloaded on the play store or app store. In the application, users are initially asked to fill in their data and school addresses. Then, users can write down what props are needed so that later the address and name of the closest school will appear with the teaching aids needed by the user, and then they can immediately borrow the props needed by the user, and then they can immediately borrow the props. The intended school then approves this application, and then the following process is to choose a delivery service option that can help make it easier for users to get the loan props.

Schematic of Ideas
Nowadays, technological developments are increasingly advanced and have penetrated into various aspects of human life, including education today. To make a student understand the concept, an effective method is also needed. Therefore, what needs to be considered in applying the method is the effectiveness in choosing a learning model. The ability of students to understand concepts is low because the mathematics learning process itself tends to use a learning model that is directly centered on the teacher. Of course, this can hinder the students' development in expressing themselves so that the solution to this problem can be found. One of the solutions we provide is ALGATIKA. ALGATIKA is a program that was initiated as a forum or as a solution to the availability of teaching aids.

Prototype of ALGATIKA Program Application
Seeing today's society who always carry an Android cell phone, of course, the writer can take advantage of this. Especially for education nowadays, where the author provides a loan application for teaching aids, schools far from the city center can borrow them by opening the application. For the initial appearance, visitors will be presented / displayed to log in first using an account that was previously registered by filling in the username and password. And if visitors have not registered themselves, they can register themselves in the "Sign Up" section. 3. Display of account creation in the ALGATIKA program: Figure 4. The register view Visitors will be asked several personal data and school data questions, such as full name, e-mail address, and school origin. Furthermore, visitors will be created an account so that they can use the application.
4. Display a list of props available and being borrowed: This section displays a list of props available on the spot and temporary props used or borrowed. If a visitor wants to borrow props that are temporarily borrowed, there will be a notification that the tool is temporarily borrowed, and visitors can borrow the tool after a specified period. To make it easier for visitors to find props at the top of the display list of props, there is a "search" feature to make it easier for visitors to find the needed tools.

Potential Success of the ALGATIKA Program
The following is the author describes three potentials that can be a driving factor for the realization of the ALGATIKA program: Culture, namely increasing student entrepreneurship and developing science and technology work-based business incubation centers/startups. By developing mechanisms to encourage teacher competency development materials and quality standardized media/teaching aids.
Therefore, the author proposes that the platform-based mathematical teaching aid program will help teachers, especially those far from cities. The strategy drives this potential for success by the Ministry of Education and Culture, namely increasing student entrepreneurship and developing science and technology work-based business incubation centers/startups. By developing mechanisms to encourage teacher competency development materials and quality standardized media/teaching aids. Therefore, the author proposes that the platform-based mathematics teaching aid program will help teachers, especially those far from cities. This potential for success is driven by the strategy carried out by the Ministry of Education and Culture, namely increasing student entrepreneurship and developing science and technology work-based business incubation centers/startups.

Support from the City / Regency Education Office of Gorontalo Province
This education office provides support for educational information technology to support optimization in the teaching and learning process. The education office encourages students to be able to take advantage of this opportunity to be more independent and think critically in learning without having to rely on the material and tools provided by the teacher.
Therefore, through the ALGATIKA application as a provider of mathematics teaching aids that the author proposes, it will be beneficial for teachers and students, especially those far from cities and with pandemic conditions like this. The potential success of this application is also encouraged by the Gorontalo Province City / District Education Office in improving and realizing Indonesia's 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Support for Subject Teachers' Deliberations (MGMP) for Primary and Junior High Schools throughout Gorontalo
The Subject Teacher Deliberation (MGMP) provides support with the ALGATIKA application so that teachers and students can know more about the material that requires teaching aids, and of course, it is easier and more efficient. Then able to arouse students' enthusiasm in mathematics lessons.

Provide Feedback for Teachers and Students
Learning media such as teaching aids can increase interest in mathematics lessons where previously students' views on mathematics subjects were difficult, scary, and others. And for teachers, they do not have to bother making their props and have to look for things in the city.
Nowadays, by using cell phones owned by teachers and accessing applications, and being able to borrow them, time is more efficient.