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created by the teacher. Levie Lentz in Azhar Arsyad (Arsyad and Azhar
2003) suggests four functions of teaching media, namely:

a. Attention Function, which attracts the attention of students to
concentrate on the content of the lesson displayed
b. Affective part, namely the press, can arouse the emotions and

attitudes of students, and students can enjoy learning
c. Cognitive Functions, namely the media, facilitate achieving goals to

understand and remember the information or messages.
d. Compensatory function, namely, the media, accommodates weak and
slow students to accept and understand the content of lessons

presented with text/verbal.
The functions of concrete media include:

a. A tool to create an effective teaching and learning situation;
b. An integral part of the overall teaching situation;
c. Laying concrete foundations and abstract concepts to reduce

verbalises understanding;
d. Develop student learning motivation;
e. Enhancing the quality of learning.

4. Strengths and Weaknesses of Object-Based Learning Media
a. Strengths:
1) Generating conceptual ideas or ideas, thereby reducing student

misunderstandings in learning it
2) Increases student interest in learning the subject matter

3) Provides real experiences that stimulate self-activity to learn
4) Can develop thoughts Continuous
5) Learning Provides experiences that are not easily obtained

through other materials and makes the learning process deep and
diverse.

b. Weaknesses:
1) Bringing students to various places outside of school sometimes
has risks in the form of accidents and the like