Web-Based Motion Literation Assessment in Dance Learning on Junior High School

Abstract

This study aims to diagnose the students' literacy skills in the industrial revolution 4.0 era, especially in dance learning using the web. In the era of industrial revolution 4.0 or the era of disruption, "new literacy" was needed in addition to old literacy as a capital to take part in people's lives. The old literacy includes the competencies of reading, writing and counting, while the new literacy includes: 1) data literacy, 2) technological literacy and 3) human literacy. To support this literacy as a necessity in facing future skills in the field of art, one of them is the movement skills in this case motion literacy, namely Body expression of emotion through body posture and gesture. Motion literacy assessment, which includes reading, writing, and translating motion symbols, is then expressed in the form of motion, so that it can measure critical and analytical thinking skills, which can at the same time diagnose students' kinesthetic intelligence. This research method uses a Research by design procedure from a web-based motion literacy assessment instrument. Sampling uses purposive sampling by considering schools that have cultural arts teachers who have the background of competence in the field of dance. The results of this research are expected to web-based motion literacy assessment can be utilized by arts and culture teachers in dance learning, as a measuring tool to find out the kinesthetic intelligence of students in a fun way.