The Effect of the Use of Educational Digital Comics in Science Teaching on Academic Achievement

Abstract

This study aims to determine the effect of the use of educational digital comics designed for the topics of "Energy Conversions" and "Food Chain and Energy Flow” within the "Energy Conversions and Environmental Science" unit of the 8th-grade science curriculum on students’ academic achievement. The research employed a quantitative methodology and utilized a quasi-experimental design with random sampling, involving 63 eighth-grade students. SPSS 22.0 analysis program was used to analyze quantitative data collected during the study. As a result of the analysis, a significant difference was found between the academic achievement mean scores of the experimental group students, in which the educational comics were used, and the control group students. Based on our finding that using educational comics has a positive effect on students’ success, it is thought that the use of these materials, which can make learning more fun and permanent, should be expanded.

Keywords

• Educational comics
• science education
• academic achievement

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